Gems

[Ann Dowker]

I think the idea of a 'gems collection' is great.
I also do think that it should be made clear whether
there was an interval between the item and recording
it.

Ann

In message <p05100302bd381ced4c8d@[130.203.161.158]> keith nelson <k1n at email.psu.edu> writes:
> Michael and all, I think the comment line suggested below is great,
> and that the gems collection could be very interesting indeed.
> Best,  Keith N
>
> At 10:32 PM +0200 8/4/04, Michael Tomasello wrote:
> >As an erstwhile diary keeper, may I put in a plea for some quality
> >control of the gems.  It's been my experience that people's memory
> >for the exact formulation of utterances is shockingly poor (and
> >there is even psycholinguistic evidence on this).  Granted, an
> >especially interesting utterance is more memorable, but I would vote
> >for only including in the gem files things that were written down
> >immediately, not things remembered from many months or years ago.
> >At the very least, there should be a comment line reporting the lag
> >between utterance and recording.
> >
> >Mike Tomasello
>
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