The purpose of this paper is to present crucial shortcomings of research into eyewitness testimony. It presents the state-of-the-art of research on the relationship between emotions and memory performance. In addition, it addresses contradictions and concerns about previous studies. Despite the declarations of consensus on the role of emotions in memory coding and retrieving, there are as many studies suggesting that emotional events are better remembered than neutral ones, as there are reports that show the opposite. Therefore, by indicating the theoretical and methodological limitations of previous studies, this paper advocates a more rigorous approach to the investigation of emotions and their impact on the quality and quantity of testimony. It also provides a framework for inquiry that allows better comparisons between studies and results, and may help to build a more comprehensive theory of the effects of emotion on memory

本文的目的是提出目击证人证词研究的关键缺陷。它介绍了关于情绪和记忆表现之间关系的最新研究。此外，它还解决了对先前研究的矛盾和担忧。尽管就情绪在记忆编码和检索中的作用达成了共识，但仍有许多研究表明情绪事件比中性事件更容易被记住，但也有报告显示相反的情况。因此，通过指出以往研究的理论和方法局限性，本文主张对情绪及其对证词质量和数量的影响进行更严格的调查。它还提供了一个调查框架，可以更好地比较研究和结果，