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Examination of the effect of mental reinstatement of context acress developmental level, retention interval and type of mnemonic instruction
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posted on 2012-02-01, 00:00 authored by Paul Dietze, Martine Powell, Don ThomsonDon ThomsonThe effect of mental reinstatement of context was examined using a 4*5*2 factorial design incorporating four age groups (6-year-olds, 8-year-olds, 11-year-olds and adults), two retention intervals (1 day and 2 weeks after the stimulus event) and five interview conditions. The interview conditions included; free recall, mental reinstatement-environment (where the setting was reinstated but no event-related detail was provided in the mnemonic instruction), mental reinstatement-event (where specific event-related content was provided), mental reinstatement-combined (a combination of the two above-mentioned methods) and specific questions. Overall, mental reinstatement (irrespective of the type) was found to enhance correct recall performance compared to free recall and (unlike specific questions) it did not lead to greater number of commission errors. Contrary to our initial predictions, however, there was no evidence of any special benefit of mental reinstatement for children and the effect of the technique did not vary consistently as a function of retention interval.
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Psychiatry, psychology and lawVolume
19Issue
1Pagination
89 - 103Publisher
RoutledgeLocation
Oxon, EnglandPublisher DOI
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1321-8719eISSN
1934-1687Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2012, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
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childrencognitive intervieweyewitness memorymental reinstatementSocial SciencesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineCriminology & PenologyLawPsychiatryPsychology, MultidisciplinaryGovernment & LawPsychologyCHILD WITNESSESEYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATIONNARRATIVE ELABORATIONEPISODIC MEMORYYOUNG-CHILDRENSEXUAL ABUSERETRIEVALRECALLINFORMATIONLaw
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