Eyewitness Performance in Cognitive and Structured Interviews

This paper addresses two methodological and theoretical questions relating to the Cognitive Interview (CI), which previous research has found to increase witness recall in interviews. (1) W hat are the effects of the CI mnemonic techniques when communication techniques are held constant? (2) How do...

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Published in:Memory (Hove) 1997-09, Vol.5 (5), p.639-656
Main Authors: Memon, Amina, Wark, Linsey, Holley, Angela, Bull, Ray, Koehnken, Guenter
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Adolescent
Adult
Cognition
Education, Continuing
Female
Forensic Psychiatry - education
Forensic Psychiatry - methods
Humans
Interviews as Topic - methods
Male
Mental Recall
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