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Examination of the effect of mental reinstatement of context acress developmental level, retention interval and type of mnemonic instruction Dietze, Paul M., Powell, Martine B. and Thomson, Donald M. 2012, Examination of the effect of mental reinstatement of context acress developmental level, retention interval and type of mnemonic instruction, Psychiatry, psychology and law, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 89-103. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads powell-examinationof-2012.pdf Published version application/pdf 685.39KB 4 Title Examination of the effect of mental reinstatement of context acress developmental level, retention interval and type of mnemonic instruction Author(s) Dietze, Paul M. Powell, Martine B. Thomson, Donald M. Journal name Psychiatry, psychology and law Volume number 19 Issue number 1 Start page 89 End page 103 Total pages 15 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Oxon, England Publication date 2012-02 ISSN 1321-8719 1934-1687 Keyword(s) children cognitive interview eyewitness memory mental reinstatement Summary The 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. Language eng Field of Research 170104 Forensic Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30047281 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 21 Aug 2012, 13:33:01 EST Tue, 21 Aug 2012, 15:53:41 EST Tue, 21 Aug 2012, 15:55:50 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 14:56:10 EST Tue, 20 Jan 2015, 14:00:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 113 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 21 Aug 2012, 13:32:49 EST by Jane Moschetti

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