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

Consistent with prior research, self-generated retrieval cues were more effective than interviewer-initiated cues. Sketch-Reinstatement-of-Context and Verbal-Reinstatementme-of-Context conferred clear advantages, although Sketch-Reinstatement-of-Context was most efficient overall. For witnesses unable or unwilling to sketch, Verbal-Reinstatement-of-Context may be a viable alternative.