Readers Build Vivid Mental Simulations Of Narrative Situations
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 10:21
in Psychology & Sociology
A new 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.