Hedges enhance memory but inhibit retelling

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 892-898

  Liu, Kris ^a   Fox Tree, Jean E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse markers; Hedges; Likes; Memory; Spontaneous speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866767255     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0275-1     Document Type: Article

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