Investigating the utility of cognitive interview mnemonics among non-native English speakers

Best practice eyewitness interviewing mnemonics have not been tested with linguistically diverse samples. Cognitively complex may overload non-native speakers’ cognitive resources, which are already engaged in speaking a language. Social facilitation help speakers, who might be hesitant to report details. The current study the reverse order mnemonic (cognitively complex) and set of introductory instructions (social facilitation) compared control interviews among native English speakers. Native speakers provided more details than nonnative particularly interview condition. Both conditions elicited newly generated because repeated questioning. Accuracy rates were comparable across language conditions. Future research should develop an protocol that is sensitive challenges faced by