The ability to comprehend narratives constitutes an important component of human
development and experience. The neural correlates of auditory narrative comprehension in …

We investigated the specificity and direction of the associations between Theory of Mind
(ToM) and reading comprehension (RC) via two studies. In Study 1, measures of ToM and …

This book helps to bridge the gap between science and literary scholarship. Building on
findings in the evolutionary human sciences, the authors construct a model of human nature …

Fiction literature has been shown to influence the beliefs and attitudes of readers of all ages.
Therefore, fiction literature might be a useful tool for helping individuals overcome potentially …

Neurodiversity, a term initially used mostly by civil and human rights movements since the
1990s, refers to the notion that cognitive as well as emotional properties characteristic of …

Previous work on story-telling ability in autism spectrum conditions (ASC) has found a
pattern of relatively intact use of story grammar in ASC narratives; however, prior analysis …

Consumers often imagine themselves in a scene and engage in such self-imagery while
processing information. The goals that they have when they engage in such imagery (eg, a …

Stories have persuasive powers: they can influence how a person thinks and acts. Inside
Story explores the capacity of stories to direct our thinking, heighten our emotions, and …

This study aimed to determine if oral narrative comprehension and production measures
derived in a fictional story retelling task could be used to create a profile of strengths and …

Neuroimaging studies of text comprehension conducted thus far have shed little light on the
brain mechanisms underlying strategic learning from text. Thus, the present study was …