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Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies
Edited by Ana María Rojo López and Ricardo Muñoz Martín
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 10] 2025
► pp. 92–107

Chapter 4
Cued retrospection

 | Stockholm University
 | Wilfrid Laurier University
 | Federal University of Uberlândia
 | Zurich University of Applied Sciences
This chapter describes the method of cued retrospection and how to implement it into research designs. Cued retrospection orginated in psychology and has been used in interpreting studies since the mid 1990s. It is a method based on the participants’ own recollection of the processes of tasks collected immediately after those tasks. The chapter reviews the method and its key concepts, the state of the art, and ethical issues of data collection using cued retrospection. We also describe how it has been used in CTIS research and which tools can be applied for the efficient collection and analysis of cued retrospection data. Finally, we discuss some challenges of employing cued retrospection.
Article outline
  • 1.The method, and key concepts
    • 1.1The state of the art in cued retrospection
    • 1.2Macroethical issues in cued retrospection
  • 2.Conceptual aspects
    • 2.1Variables and attributes in cued retrospection
    • 2.2Research designs in cued retrospection
  • 3.Implementation
    • 3.1Navigating cued retrospection in CTIS research
    • 3.2Research tools in cued retrospection
  • 4.Closing remarks
    • 4.1Challenges in cued retrospection
  • Notes
  • Further readings on cued retrospection
  • References
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