Complexity matching in dyadic conversation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2304-2315

  Abney, Drew H ^a   Paxton, Alexandra ^a   Dale, Rick ^a   Kello, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Complexity matching; Conversation; Dialog; Dyadic interaction

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925734029     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000021     Document Type: Article

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