Research on young children's false eyewitness recollections has indicated that
A) children are less susceptible to source amnesia than adults.
B) children are no more susceptible to the misinformation effect than adults.
C) it is surprisingly difficult for both children and professional interviewers to reliably separate the children's true memories from false memories.
D) all of these statements are true.

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Research has shown that children's false eyewitness recollections can be difficult to reliably separate from true memories, even for professional interviewers. While children may have some advantages over adults in certain aspects of memory, such as being less susceptible to suggestibility, they are not immune to the misinformation effect and can develop false memories based on leading questions and other suggestive techniques. Therefore, options A and B are inaccurate.

Research on Young Children's False Eyewitness Recollections Has Indicated That