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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Benefits of a Self-Generated Cue Mnemonic for Timeline Interviewing
AU - Kontogianni, Feni
AU - Hope, Lorraine
AU - Vrij, Aldert
AU - Taylor, Paul Jonathon
AU - Gabbert, Fiona
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 7, 3, 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.03.006
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - Obtaining detailed accounts from individuals who have witnessed complex events underchallenging encoding conditions presents a difficulty for investigators. In the present research,participants (N = 132) reported their recall of an event witnessed under full or divided attentionusing a timeline reporting format. Extending the Timeline Technique to assess the relativeperformance of two additional mnemonics, Self-Generated Cues (SGC) and Other-GeneratedCues (OGC), participants provided an account across three Timeline reporting conditions comparing the efficacy of SGC, OGC, and No Cues (control). Mock-witnesses using SGC provided more correct details than mock-witnesses in the OGC or No Cues conditions, under full but not under divided attention conditions. There was no difference between cue conditions with respect to the number of errors reported across attention conditions. Findings show SGC to be a promising addition to interviewing techniques as a retrieval support mnemonic with implications for applied contexts.
AB - Obtaining detailed accounts from individuals who have witnessed complex events underchallenging encoding conditions presents a difficulty for investigators. In the present research,participants (N = 132) reported their recall of an event witnessed under full or divided attentionusing a timeline reporting format. Extending the Timeline Technique to assess the relativeperformance of two additional mnemonics, Self-Generated Cues (SGC) and Other-GeneratedCues (OGC), participants provided an account across three Timeline reporting conditions comparing the efficacy of SGC, OGC, and No Cues (control). Mock-witnesses using SGC provided more correct details than mock-witnesses in the OGC or No Cues conditions, under full but not under divided attention conditions. There was no difference between cue conditions with respect to the number of errors reported across attention conditions. Findings show SGC to be a promising addition to interviewing techniques as a retrieval support mnemonic with implications for applied contexts.
KW - Information gathering
KW - Timeline
KW - Cognitive mnemonics
KW - Self-Generated Cues
KW - Memory retrieval
KW - Divided attention
U2 - 10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.03.006
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 454
EP - 461
JO - Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
JF - Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
SN - 2211-3681
IS - 3
ER -