Abstract
Research suggests that immediate, high-quality recall can consolidate witness memory for the event. However, these studies have employed written-recall, which presumes a level of literacy that some eyewitnesses may not possess. In the research presented here, we investigate the utility of spoken immediate recall. Participants viewed a crime video and completed an immediate spoken-recall, written-recall or no-recall response. Participants returned a week later and were exposed to both correct and incorrect post-event information before being interviewed. Immediate recall was comparable in the spoken and written conditions, but spoken-recall was faster and participants reported it was less effortful than written-recall. One week later, participants in the spoken and written conditions reported less misinformation than participants in the no recall condition. These results suggest that spoken immediate recall may be a viable alternative to written immediate recall.
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