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Mind, brain and narrative /

"Narratives enable readers to vividly experience fictional and non-fictional contexts. Writers use a variety of language features to control these experiences: they direct readers in how to construct contexts, how to draw inferences and how to identify the key parts of a story. Writers can skil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sanford, A. J. (Anthony J.) (Autor)
Otros Autores: Emmott, Catherine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Narrative and the rhetorical processing framework
  • Fundamentals of text processing
  • Multiple levels : counterfactual worlds and figurative language
  • Attention in text : foregrounding and rhetorical focussing
  • Rhetorical focussing and depth of processing
  • The experiential aspect : using embodiment theory
  • Narrative perspective and the representation of speech and thought
  • Hot cognition : emotion, empathy and suspense
  • Narrative's social impact : persuasion and attitude change
  • Final comments
  • Appendix 1 : Electroencephalography (EEG)
  • Appendix 2 : Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).