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anomalous suspense: a standalone construct

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Narrative comprehension

the finding that readers still feel suspense about outcomes they already know, because they experience the story from inside rather than from memory.

In narrative comprehension, anomalous suspense refers to the finding that readers still feel suspense about outcomes they already know, because they experience the story from inside rather than from memory. This meaning comes from Gerrig (1989) in Journal of Memory and Language.[1]

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comprehension2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs experience4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs memory6 fields · 18 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Gerrig, R. J. (1989). Suspense in the absence of uncertainty. Journal of Memory and Language, 28(6), 633-648. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-596x(89)90001-6

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