The conversational partner's perspective affects spatial memory and descriptions

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-159

  Galati, Alexia ^a   Michael, Christina ^a,b   Mello, Catherine ^a   Greenauer, Nathan M ^a,c   Avraamides, Marios N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience design; Common ground; Perspective taking; Spatial descriptions; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871936751     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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