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cognitive interview

a structured technique developed for enhancing eyewitness recollection in criminal investigation. It relies on principles of cognition and memory retrieval, such as context reinstatement, reporting everything (however seemingly irrelevant), recalling events in different order, and changing perspectives. See also aided recall. [developed in 1984 by U.S. psychologists R. Edward Geiselman (1949–  ), Ronald P. Fisher (1947–  ), and colleagues]

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vanishing cues methodology

vanishing cues methodology

a computer-assisted training technique designed to teach new, complex knowledge to individuals with memory impairment. The technique takes advantage of the patient’s preserved ability to respond to partial cues. Initially, as much information is provided as is needed for the patient to make a correct response. Across learning trials, information is gradually withdrawn until the patient can respond correctly in the absence of any cues.