The verbal content of interactions (what was said and who said what) can be important as evidence and intelligence information. Across 3 empirical studies, we examined memory for details of an overheard (Experiment 1) or witnessed (Experiments 2 and 3) conversation using a timeline technique adapted for the reporting of conversations between multiple speakers. Although participants in all conditions received the same general instructions, participants assigned to timeline reporting format reported more verbatim information and made fewer sequencing errors than those using a free recall format. In Experiments 2 and 3, using an extended version of the technique, participants using the timeline reporting format also reported more correct speaker attributions and provided more information about the individuals involved, without compromising overall accuracy rates. With a large effect size across experiments (total N = 134), these findings suggest that timeline reporting formats facilitate the reporting of episodic memories and benefit the reporting of conversations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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谁说什么时候？时间线方法，用于获取有关对话，情节和计划的信息和情报。

互动的言语内容（所说的话和谁说的话）作为证据和情报信息很重要。在3项实证研究中，我们使用了适用于报告多个说话者之间的对话的时间轴技术，检查了记忆中是否有听到（实验1）或见证（对话2和3）对话的细节。尽管在所有条件下的参与者都收到相同的一般说明，但是与使用自由召回格式的参与者相比，分配给时间轴报告格式的参与者报告了更多的逐字记录信息，并且测序错误更少。在实验2和3中，使用该技术的扩展版本，使用时间轴报告格式的参与者还报告了更正确的说话者归因，并提供了有关所涉及的个人的更多信息，而不影响整体准确率。这些结果在整个实验中具有较大的影响力（总计N = 134），表明时间线报告格式有助于报告情节性记忆并有助于对话的报告。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。