How What We Tell Becomes What We Know: Listener Effects on Speakers' Long-Term Memory for Events.

Pasupathi, Monisha; Stallworth, Lisa M.; Murdoch, Kyle

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ERIC Number: EJ589361

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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How What We Tell Becomes What We Know: Listener Effects on Speakers' Long-Term Memory for Events.

Pasupathi, Monisha; Stallworth, Lisa M.; Murdoch, Kyle

Discourse Processes, v26 n1 p1-26 1998

Examines the impact of listeners on speakers' later memory for events. Shows that attentive listeners facilitate long-term memory, whereas situations with distracted listeners are difficult to distinguish from situations with no listener and with no recounting at all. (SR)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Listening, Memory

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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