Are jurors' perceptions of eyewitness credibility affected by the cognitive interview?

Ninety-one college subjects listened to Cognitive Interviews (CI) and Stand ard police interviews of 7-year old children who were attempting to describ e an earlier incident of playing a game of Simon Says. The subjects evaluat ed the witness's credibility and also the interviewer's manipulativeness. T he perceived credibility of the witness was not affected by the type of int erview, i.e., the CI did not render the witness unduly credible. In additio n, the CI interviewer was judged to be less manipulative than the Standard police interviewer. These results were discussed in light of some potential legal concerns about using the CI.