Browsing Psychology by Subject "narrative comprehension"
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Imagining story spaces: Young readers’ ability to construct spatial representations of narrative
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-18)Narratives are ubiquitous in human experience. They are the bestsellers we read on the beach, the news stories we read online, and, most commonly, the anecdotes we hear from our friends and family. Narrative comprehension ... -
A step at a time: An investigation of preschoolers’ simulations of narrative events during story comprehension
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-23)A growing body of work suggests that narrative comprehension involves the simulation of the events and actions described in a narrative (e.g., Barsalou, 2008; Matlock, 2004). Preliterate children’s ability to simulate a ...