adults more prone to spontaneous false memories than children are. However, children are still more vulnerable to externally induced false memories, like those that stem from leading questions or learning new information after the event.
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development provides one evidence-based protocol investigators can follow when working with young witnesses.
The author wrote a book about this subject in 2022:
Considering that roughly 75% of wrongful convictions were based on faulty eyewitness testimony, it’s worse than no testimony.