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Eskenazi, Doerrfeld, Logan, Knoblich and Sebanz (2012) demonstrated the incidental encoding of words assigned to another participant if the items were studied jointly. The present experiment tested subvocalization and self-expansion as two mechanisms driving this incidental encoding effect. The participants completed a categorization task twice (jointly and independently) for words that were assigned to themselves, their co-participant and neither of them, after which they engaged in free recall. Subvocalization was experimentally manipulated and subjective engagement with the co-participant's task was measured as an indicator of self-expansion motive. Surprisingly, subvocalization did not mediate the advantage for partner's words. However, the degree to which participants focused on their co-participant's task predicted how well they recalled their partner's words, signifying that self- expansion motivation is a factor contributing to incidental encoding effect.