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Instructions to entertain

Intervention

1 paper2 findings

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  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
  • Humans1

Outcomes

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Speech rate

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Instructions to entertain increases speech rate in humans.

    “When aiming to entertain, both age groups spoke more quickly and were less globally coherent, particularly in the later stages of responses.”

    Human trial

    To entertain or to focus: Communication goals influence discourse coherence in young and older adults

    Preprint30 Sep 2025Preprint

Global discourse coherence

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Instructions to entertain decreases global discourse coherence in humans.

    “When aiming to entertain, both age groups spoke more quickly and were less globally coherent, particularly in the later stages of responses.”

    Human trialparticularly in the later stages of responses

    To entertain or to focus: Communication goals influence discourse coherence in young and older adults

    Preprint30 Sep 2025Preprint

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