title: Reducing misinformation effects in older adults with cognitive interview mnemonics.
abstract: We examined the effect of a prior Modified Cognitive Interview on young and older adults' recall of a short film of a staged crime and subsequent reporting of misinformation. Participants viewed the film followed the next day by misinformation presented in a postevent summary. They were then interviewed with either a Modified Cognitive Interview or a control interview followed by a recognition memory test. A Modified Cognitive Interview elicited more correct details and improved overall accuracy compared to a control interview in both age groups, although the young adults recollected three times more correct information in a Modified Cognitive Interview than the older adults. In both age groups, correct recollections of person and action details were higher in a Modified Cognitive Interview than a control interview. Importantly, older adults who were interviewed with a Modified Cognitive Interview were not susceptible to misinformation effects.
authors: School of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom. reh24@le.ac.uk
authors: Robyn E
authors: RE
authors: Holliday
authors: Joyce E
authors: JE
authors: Humphries
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Milne
authors: Amina
authors: A
authors: Memon
authors: Lucy
authors: L
authors: Houlder
authors: Amy
authors: A
authors: Lyons
authors: Ray
authors: R
authors: Bull
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D055815:Young Adult