Children‘s ability to remember an occurrence of a repeated event

Abstract

The authors summarise the findings of four recent experiments whichexamined children‘s capacity to remember a particular occurrence of arecurring event. Issues discussed include the timing of the interview, thetype of errors, the questioning techniques, the age of the child, theconsistency of the child‘s account, and the impact of an interveninginterview. Implications for professionals who conduct investigatory orevidentiary interviews with child witnesses are discussed and suggestionsfor future research are also offered.