Kim P. Roberts (1996) How Research on Source Monitoring can Inform
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Psycoloquy 7(44): How Research on Source Monitoring can Inform
HOW RESEARCH ON SOURCE MONITORING CAN INFORM
COGNITIVE INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
Commentary on Memon & Stevenage on Witness-Memory
Kim P. Roberts
Section on Social and Emotional Development
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
BSA Building, Room 331
9190 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
roberts@ssed.nichd.nih.gov
Abstract
Two major themes of the cognitive interview are multiple
retrieval attempts and the use of imagery. This commentary provides
an overview of how repeated retrieval attempts and imagery affect
source monitoring ability, and cautions on the premature acceptance
of repetitive imagery techniques as a forensic tool with child
witnesses.
Keywords
Cognitive interview, errors, eyewitness memory,
facilitated recall, police procedures, questioning, recovered
memories, structured interview.
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