PSYCHO-EPISTEMOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURE OF FORENSIC ERRORS: A SYSTEMS-ACTIVITY APPROACH
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2522-9656/2026-19-8Keywords:
forensic expertise, expert error, systems-activity approach, cognitive heuristics, neurophysiological resource, perceptual readiness, amygdala hijack, digital pareidolia, error prevention, cognitive architectureAbstract
The article proposes a classification of forensic expert errors developed within the framework of the systems-activity approach. The authors move away from interpreting error as a consequence of incompetence, viewing it instead as a predictable failure within the complex anthropotechnical system of “expert – technology – environment”. Seven core theses are substantiated, revealing the neurophysiological and cognitive mechanisms of expert judgment bias: from perceptual readiness and “amygdala hijack” to digital pareidolia and categorical fallacies. It is demonstrated that effective error prevention is possible only through the objectification of the subject’s psychophysiological state and the algorithmization of their cognitive activity.
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