Book contents
- Mind, Brain and Narrative
- Mind, Brain and Narrative
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Narrative and the Rhetorical Processing Framework
- 2 Fundamentals of text processing
- 3 Multiple levels: counterfactual worlds and figurative language
- 4 Attention in text: foregrounding and rhetorical focussing
- 5 Rhetorical focussing and depth of processing
- 6 The experiential aspect: using embodiment theory
- 7 Narrative perspective and the representation of speech and thought
- 8 Hot cognition: emotion, empathy and suspense
- 9 Narrative’s social impact: persuasion and attitude change
- 10 Final comments
- Appendix 1 Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Appendix 2 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
8 - Hot cognition: emotion, empathy and suspense
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Mind, Brain and Narrative
- Mind, Brain and Narrative
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Narrative and the Rhetorical Processing Framework
- 2 Fundamentals of text processing
- 3 Multiple levels: counterfactual worlds and figurative language
- 4 Attention in text: foregrounding and rhetorical focussing
- 5 Rhetorical focussing and depth of processing
- 6 The experiential aspect: using embodiment theory
- 7 Narrative perspective and the representation of speech and thought
- 8 Hot cognition: emotion, empathy and suspense
- 9 Narrative’s social impact: persuasion and attitude change
- 10 Final comments
- Appendix 1 Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Appendix 2 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
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- Mind, Brain and Narrative , pp. 191 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012