The Investigative Interview Institute®

The Original Cognitive Interview course provides foundational training in the scientifically validated method designed to enhance accurate recall while minimizing errors and memory contamination. Grounded in decades of peer-reviewed research, participants learn the core principles and techniques that form the basis of ethical, evidence-based investigative interviewing.

The Enhanced Cognitive Interview (ECI) course delivers science-based training in ethical, evidence-driven interviewing methods proven to increase accurate recall without increasing errors. Participants learn practical techniques grounded in peer-reviewed memory research to improve information quality in high-stakes interviews.

The Veritas Method© course integrates the Cognitive Interview with contemporary, peer-reviewed human factors and memory science to address how stress, perception, and attention shape recall in high-stakes situations. Participants gain practical, ethical tools for obtaining accurate information while minimizing memory contamination and interpretive error.

This course explores the science of human memory, revealing how recall is formed, shaped, and altered by attention, stress, emotion, and sleep. Grounded in neuroscience and peer-reviewed research, it equips professionals to understand memory limits, reduce contamination, and improve accuracy in high-stakes settings.

The Truth, Deception, & Memory course examines the scientific limits of detecting deception and the complex relationship between memory, belief, and confidence. Grounded in peer-reviewed research, the course dispels common myths about lie detection while providing evidence-based insight into memory errors, false memories, and interpretive bias in high-stakes decision-making.

The Law Enforcement–Specific Courses provide evidence-based training tailored to the operational realities of policing and criminal investigations. Grounded in peer-reviewed research on memory, stress, perception, and human performance, these courses equip officers and investigators with ethical, scientifically validated interviewing methods designed to improve information accuracy in critical incidents and high-stakes cases. With over 40 years of experience training law enforcement personnel, our instruction reflects both scientific rigor and real-world application.

Our keynote presentations deliver engaging, science-based insights into human memory, perception, and decision-making in high-stakes environments. Drawing on decades of peer-reviewed research and real-world application, these presentations challenge common myths, clarify the limits of human recall, and provide practical takeaways for professionals, leaders, and organizations.