Same interviewer, better memories

As a case proceeds, police officers, lawyers, and others may interview children who witness a crime. However, youngsters may remember details more accurately if the same person conducts successive interviews with them, according to a study in the September/October Applied Cognitive Psychology.

Shortly after viewing a video of a staged theft, 46 kindergartners, 60 second graders, and 64 adults described the incident for an interviewer.