Andrea Smorti
List of John Benjamins publications for which Andrea Smorti plays a role.
2015 How emotional content of memories changes in narrating Narrative Inquiry 25:1, pp. 37–56 | Article
The purpose of this study is to explore the link between autobiographical memories and personal narratives and to assess whether the emotions present in memories are maintained or transformed when memories are narrated. In a Memory Fluency Task a total of 72 Italian undergraduates (35 males and 37… read more
2011 Autobiographical memory and autobiographical narrative: What is the relationship? Narrative Inquiry 21:2, pp. 303–310 | Article
In this contribution I discuss the link existing between autobiographical memory and autobiographical narrative and, in this context, the concept of coherence. Starting from the Bruner’s seminal concept of autobiographical self, I firstly analyze how autobiographical memories and autobiographical… read more
2007 What shapes narrative thought? Effects of story type and culture Narrative Inquiry 17:2, pp. 329–347 | Article
The primary aims of the study were to investigate the narrative strategies used by Italian and Canadian youth on progressive (improving interactions) and regressive (degenerating interactions) stories and to investigate potential differences in story interpretation across the two countries. Two… read more
2004 Narrative strategies for interpreting stories with incongruent endings Narrative Inquiry 14:1, pp. 141–167 | Article
This study examined the narrative strategies early adolescents use to interpret social incongruence in peer relationships. I hypothesized that these strategies vary in relation to two types of social incongruence, i.e., progressive and regressive incongruence. The participants were 518 students… read more