Witness preparation training: eye tracking methods to determine differences between naive observers and trained raters

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to use eye tracking methodology to determine what potential jurors looks a then they watch someone give courtoom testimony, if what they look at depends on the witness' nonverbal behavior, whether certain nonverbal behaviors might distract jurors from processing the content of the witness' testimony and lead them to perceive the testimony as ineffective, and whether the behaviours that jurors look at change once a witness has undergone witness preparation training.