Readers Build Vivid Mental Simulations of Narrative Situations

Brain processes stories as though they were real: A brain-imaging study is shedding light on what it means to "get lost" in a good book -- suggesting that readers create vivid mental simulations of the sounds, sights, tastes and movements described in a textual narrative while simultaneously activating brain regions used to process similar experiences in real life.

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