Amina Memon (1996) Memory: What to Measure and When to Report
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Psycoloquy 7(31): Memory: What to Measure and When to Report
MEMORY: WHAT TO MEASURE AND WHEN TO REPORT
Reply to Goldsmith and Koriat on Witness-Memory
Amina Memon
School of Human Development
University of Texas at Dallas
Box 830688 (GR 4.1)
Richardson, TX 75083-0688
Sarah V Stevenage
Department of Psychology
University of Southampton
Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
amemon@utdallas.edu
svs1@psy.soton.ac.uk
Abstract
Goldsmith and Koriat's commentary (1996) on our target
article (Memon & Stevenage, 1996a) highlights the importance of two
issues: the choice of memory measures, and the role of monitoring
and control in the regulation of memory accuracy. We agree
wholeheartedly with much of what Goldsmith and Koriat have
presented and point out some of the differences between measurement
of memory in the laboratory and the real world.
Keywords
Cognitive interview, errors, eyewitness memory,
facilitated recall, police procedures, questioning, recovered
memories, structured interview.
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