Comparing the performance of a large language model and naive human interviewers in interviewing children about a witnessed mock-event

• Yongjie Sun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yongjie Sun, Haohai Pang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ys6261@nyu.edu

  Affiliations The School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9616-9875

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• Haohai Pang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yongjie Sun, Haohai Pang

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China, Center for Data Science, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Liisa Järvilehto,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, Forensic Psychology Center for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Ophelia Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-3786

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• David Shapiro,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

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• Julia Korkman,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI), Helsinki, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8734-9453

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• Shumpei Haginoya,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6909-674X

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• Pekka Santtila

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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