The Cognitive Interview is a memory‐enhancing interview protocol designed to optimise the access and retrieval of eyewitness memories. Its Mental Reinstatement of Context (MRC) component requires interviewees to mentally reconstruct the crime event they witnessed. Individual differences in mental time travel (MTT) relate to the extent to which a person mentally re‐experiences personal events from his or her past. Individual differences in MTT have been found to predict correct recall of a simulated crime event under immediate MRC recall conditions. To explore the relationship between MTT and performance under MRC conditions further, the present study presented a simulated crime video to 30 police officers and 26 members of the public. Eyewitness recall was tested under MRC conditions either immediately or 1 week later. Participants' general MTT and also MTT relating specifically to the crime video itself were measured via self‐report. Less correct information and more confabulations were produced after 1 week, but delay had no effect on the amount of incorrect information reported. No difference in recall was found between police officers and members of the public. Better quality MTT relating to the crime video was found to be a positive predictor of the amount of information correctly recalled under immediate conditions but not after 1 week. General MTT scores did not predict correct recall under either delay condition. Interviewers need to be aware that, due to individual differences, some witnesses may perform better under the MRC component than others.

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恢复精神状态：在不同的时间间隔内，精神时间旅行和目击者职业的个体差异会影响目击者的表现吗？

认知访谈是一种记忆增强的访谈协议，旨在优化目击者记忆的访问和检索。其心理恢复上下文（MRC）组件要求受访者在心理上重建他们目击的犯罪事件。精神时间旅行（MTT）的个体差异与一个人在心理上重新体验其过去的个人事件有关。已经发现MTT中的个体差异可以预测在即时MRC召回条件下模拟犯罪事件的正确召回。为了进一步研究MRC在MRC条件下的表现与绩效之间的关系，本研究向30名警察和26位公众提供了模拟犯罪录像。立即或在1周后在MRC条件下对目击者的回忆进行了测试。参加者 一般的MTT以及与犯罪视频本身相关的MTT都是通过自我报告进行衡量的。1周后产生了较少的正确信息，而产生了更多的虚假信息，但延迟对报告的错误信息量没有影响。警方与公众人士的召回率没有差异。发现与犯罪视频有关的质量更高的MTT是对在即刻情况下但在1周后正确召回的信息量的肯定预测。一般的MTT分数都不能预测两种情况下的正确召回率。采访者需要意识到，由于个人差异，某些证人在MRC组成部分下的表现可能会更好。1周后产生了较少的正确信息，而产生了更多的虚假信息，但延迟对报告的错误信息量没有影响。警方与公众人士的召回率没有差异。发现与犯罪视频有关的质量更高的MTT是对在即刻情况下但在1周后正确召回的信息量的肯定预测。一般的MTT分数都不能预测两种情况下的正确召回率。采访者需要意识到，由于个人差异，某些证人在MRC组成部分下的表现可能会更好。1周后产生了较少的正确信息，而产生了更多的虚假信息，但延迟对报告的错误信息量没有影响。警方与公众人士的召回率没有差异。发现与犯罪视频有关的质量更高的MTT是对在即刻情况下但在1周后正确召回的信息量的肯定预测。一般的MTT分数都不能预测两种情况下的正确召回率。采访者需要意识到，由于个人差异，某些证人在MRC组成部分下的表现可能会更好。发现与犯罪视频有关的质量更高的MTT是对在即刻情况下但在1周后正确召回的信息量的肯定预测。一般的MTT分数都不能预测两种情况下的正确召回率。采访者需要意识到，由于个人差异，某些证人在MRC组成部分下的表现可能会更好。发现与犯罪视频有关的质量更高的MTT是对在即刻情况下但在1周后正确召回的信息量的肯定预测。一般的MTT分数都不能预测两种情况下的正确召回率。采访者需要意识到，由于个人差异，某些证人在MRC组成部分下的表现可能会更好。