The current study evaluated the benefits of free‐recall, cognitive load and closed‐ended questions on children’s (ages 6 to
11; N = 147) true and false eyewitness disclosures. Children witnessed an experimenter find a stranger’s wallet, and were then
asked to make a false denial, false accusation, true denial or true accusation regarding an alleged theft. Overall, the free‐recall
question resulted in longer, more forthcoming…