Sound and credibility in the virtual court: Low audio quality leads to less favorable evaluations of witnesses and lower weighting of evidence.
Elena BildAnnabel RedmanEryn J NewmanBethany R MuirDavid TaitNorbert SchwarzPublished in: Law and human behavior (2022)
These results show that audio quality influences perceptions of witnesses and their evidence. Because these variables can contribute to trial outcomes, audio quality warrants consideration in trial proceedings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).