It is unclear how accurately individuals with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder recall a witnessed event when interviewed using the cognitive interview. A total of 47 participants from the general population were asked to recall a four-minute video clip depicting a hospital waiting room being interviewed using the recall everything and the reverse order components of the cognitive interview. The findings identified that there was a significant interaction effect between neurodiversity and interview type, with the control group recalling a higher number of correct information in the no support interview condition compared to the reverse order interview condition. The findings also identified that neurodiverse individuals reported significantly more correct information during the questioning phase than the control condition. There was however no difference in the amount of confabulations or errors recalled between the neurodiversity of the participants or the interview type. The findings support previous literature indicating the complexity of the reverse order component in the cognitive interview yet also question previous assumptions which suggested that the CI may be inappropriate for neurodiverse individuals.
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