Kim P. Roberts (1996) How Research on Source Monitoring can Inform . Psycoloquy: 7(44) Witness Memory (15)
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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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