The present review is intended as an overview of our current understanding of how
children's individual characteristics, in terms of demographic, cognitive, and psycho-social …

Abstract Language abilities have been heralded as an important cognitive factor driving
children's memory and suggestibility in forensic contexts. To this end, we reviewed over 30 …

Understanding and acquiring language involve mapping language onto conceptual
representations. Nevertheless, several issues remain unresolved with respect to (a) how …

When collaboratively solving problems, children discuss information reliability, for example,
whether claims are based on direct or indirect observation, termed as “metatalk”. Unlike …

Individuals revise their beliefs based on the evidential strength of others' claims. Unlike
English, in languages such as Turkish evidential marking is obligatory; speakers must …

Cross-cultural differences in argumentation may be explained by the use of different norms
of reasoning. However, some norms derive from, presumably universal, mathematical laws …

In public communication emphasis is often given to source of information and emotional
strategies to demonstrate the speaker's stance and improve persuasiveness of an assertion …

The reporting of the sources of our statements—whether we have, eg, seen something or
been told something—plays an important role in communication. The inaccurate reporting of …

When children testify in cases of child sexual abuse (CSA), they often provide minimal
responses to attorneys' questions. Thus, how attorneys ask questions may be particularly …

abstract Given the risks of misinformation, addressees need to calibrate their trust towards
communicators effectively. One way to do this is to evaluate the evidence speakers rely on …