Memory for the intentions of sentences
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- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 2 (1) , 185-188
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03197513
Abstract
Memory for the intentions of sentences was studied in two recognition tasks. In each study, Ss first acted out a dialogue written for two people. They then judged whether certain sentences in a second dialogue were the same as or different from previons sentences (Experiment I) or chose between two intentions suggested for some previous sentences (Experiment II) Sentences which were repeated with the same intention across the two dialogues were judged as being the same significantly more often than were sentences repeated with a different intention. The appropriate intention for each of these sentences was also usually chosen. In both studies, Ss appeared to remember more accurately the sentences they had spoken themselves than they did those that were addressed to them.Keywords
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