| Title: |
Supporting Witnesses and Victims to Invoke Episodic Retrieval Mode: Own-Generated Verbal- and Sketch-Reinstatement-of-Context Retrieval Cues Improves Recall Versus Interviewer-Generated Mental Reinstatement of Context Cues |
| Authors: |
Dando, Coral J.; Dando, Rachael V.; Richardson, Hannah; Osorio Rojas, Aurora; Taylor, Donna A. |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
University of Westminster: WestminsterResearch |
| Subject Terms: |
Eyewitness Memory; Episodic Retrieval Mode; Interviewer-Generated Retrieval Cues; Self-Generated Retrieval Cues; Sketch-Reinstatement-Of-Context |
| Description: |
first_pagesettingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessArticle Supporting Witnesses and Victims to Invoke Episodic Retrieval Mode: Own-Generated Verbal- and Sketch-Reinstatement-of-Context Retrieval Cues Improves Recall Versus Interviewer-Generated Mental Reinstatement of Context Cues by Coral J. Dando 1,*ORCID,Rachael V. Dando 2,Hannah Richardson 1,Aurora Osorio Rojas 1 andDonna A. Taylor 1ORCID 1 Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London W1W 6UW, UK 2 Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool L1 9AA, UK * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Behav. Sci. 2026, 16(2), 245; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16020245 Submission received: 2 December 2025 / Revised: 18 January 2026 / Accepted: 30 January 2026 / Published: 9 February 2026 (This article belongs to the Section Cognition) Downloadkeyboard_arrow_down Versions Notes Abstract Background: Criminal justice relies on information from witnesses. Retrieval from episodic memory is cognitively demanding; thus, many interview protocols advocate techniques to support episodic retrieval mode, which is essential for obtaining detailed accounts. Currently, interviewers have two empirically validated techniques for triggering and scaffolding conscious remembering: Mental-Reinstatement-of-Context and Sketch-Reinstatement-of-Context. However, where neither is appropriate, there exist few alternatives. We report a potential future addition to the interviewer toolbox, aimed at reinstating context through self-directed verbal cueing, namely the Verbal-Reinstatement-of-Context. Methods: Using a between-conditions mock witness paradigm, we compared the interviewer-directed Mental-Reinstatement-of-Context technique with self-directed Sketch-Reinstatement-of-Context and Verbal-Reinstatement-of-Context cue techniques. Participants were interviewed 48 h after they had seen a mock robbery. Memory performance was analyzed for correct and erroneous recall, completeness, and accuracy. Results: Participants who ... |
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application/pdf |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/download/acf6e81d347605eb2eb6a1628093a47ba806bf62dc57b3d2e5fde753419e3362/307910/behavsci-16-00245.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16020245; Dando, Coral J., Dando, Rachael V., Richardson, Hannah, Osorio Rojas, Aurora and Taylor, Donna A. 2026. Supporting Witnesses and Victims to Invoke Episodic Retrieval Mode: Own-Generated Verbal- and Sketch-Reinstatement-of-Context Retrieval Cues Improves Recall Versus Interviewer-Generated Mental Reinstatement of Context Cues. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland). 16 (2) 245. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16020245 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/bs16020245 |
| Availability: |
https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/x5x69/supporting-witnesses-and-victims-to-invoke-episodic-retrieval-mode-own-generated-verbal-and-sketch-reinstatement-of-context-retrieval-cues-improves-recall-versus-interviewer-generated-mental; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16020245 |
| Rights: |
CC BY ; CC BY 4.0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9AB7B317 |
| Database: |
BASE |