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  • 1Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA. drapp@perseus.tufts.edu

Memory & Cognition
|September 11, 2002
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Readers balance real-world logic with plot expectations when understanding stories. Plot elements can override realistic time constraints, influencing how readers interpret narrative events and their likelihood.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Narrative Comprehension
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Readers' expectations shape narrative event likelihood.
  • Two analyses inform these expectations: reality-driven and plot-driven.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the interaction between reality-driven and plot-driven analyses.
  • To investigate how temporal situation models are affected by these analyses.

Main Methods:

  • Participants read stories with varying time shifts (minute vs. hour).
  • Judgments and reading times were assessed for event likelihood following time shifts.
  • Experiments utilized temporal situation models to analyze reader responses.

Main Results:

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  • Readers demonstrated sensitivity to realistic temporal constraints.
  • Plot-driven factors were found to influence judgments and reading times.
  • Reader expectations deviated from reality-driven predictions due to plot considerations.

Conclusions:

  • Narrative comprehension involves a dynamic interplay between real-world constraints and plot-driven expectations.
  • Reader interpretations are not solely based on logical, real-world scenarios.
  • Findings contribute to understanding the reader's active role in narrative processing.