I want to know any studies (with reference) which is about the role of
cultural variation in the eyewitness testimony.

"The role of cultural variation" in the eyewitness testimony, i mean,
for simple example: If an Italian went to China and witnessed the same
event as a Chinese eyewitness did, would he provide as accurate memory
as Chinese would, in which the Italian in this case didn't know their
cultural context and the lauguage at all? Would they be less confident
about their memory and are easier to get confabulations if there are
misinformation between the time of the event and the interview?

Hi Trindigo,

A very interesting question. I do not have any academic study or
references that could answer your question, so I post this as a
comment.
I have been living for about nine years as a Dutch journalist in China
and I would say that different cultures do have different ways of
interpretating the things they see. So that leads to different
conclusions, although people might see the same thing.
I just finished writing a book on my (non-academic) observations of
this cultural clash. Since I'm from Holland, I mainly use the
protestant-christian cultural heritage as my starting point, and I'm
sure it would be different for an Italian, with a more roman-catholic
background.

The biggest difference I see is that we in Northern-Europe (and
possibly also Northern America) have this rather single-minded desire
to find the only truth. Only one way can be right, and we study hard
to find that way, put it down in laws and have all these elaborated
systems with accountants and police-officers and judges to maintain
this self-constructed truth.
Chinese are more open for different interpretations, different ways of
looking at the truth, more flexible. They are pround of their 6,000
years of culture and tradition, but every day there seems to be a
different way of looking at that. They are good benchmarkers, and even
if the government says something, they would also check with their
neighbors and friends to see whether there might be more variations on
this truth.
Really a fascination area and I hope one of my GA-colleagues can help
you out.

Regards,

Fons

Clearly the culture of the observer (and the elapsed time) makes a
difference, but almost as important is the age, occupation and
experiece of the observer. Some of us are quite opinionated and
perseptive while others are open minded but preoccupied with our
primary task or goal. The details of the event can also make a
profound difference in who will be the most reliable eye witness. My
guess is there are too many variables to draw firm conclusions in most
senarios.   Neil

Hello,
Yes, I know there must be difference between their eyewitness memory,
and I also think that the witness with cultural match event must be
better than those who are not.... And all I want is to find some
academic studies and evidence research to support this.  Does anyone
know any academic studies related to this?