Do Younger and Older Adults' Communicative Goals Influence Off-Topic Speech in Autobiographical Narratives?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-337

  Trunk, Dunja L ^a   Abrams, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; autobiographical narratives; communicative goals; episodic and procedural topics; off topic speech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NARRATIVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NARRATION; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 66549083044     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015259     Document Type: Article

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