Ending Conversation is a Fraught Endeavor

Have you ever been in a conversation that lasted too long or ended too soon? According to recent findings from Mastroianni et al., conversations rarely end when people want them to end. I propose a framework for studying conversation and outline new questions that follow from Mastroianni and colleagues’ generative studies. Have you ever been in a conversation that lasted too long or ended too soon? According to recent findings from Mastroianni...