Reading Stories Activates Neural Representations of Visual and Motor Experiences Export

@article{citeulike:5382967, abstract = {ABSTRACT2014To understand and remember stories, readers integrate their knowledge of the world with information in the text. Here we present functional neuroimaging evidence that neural systems track changes in the situation described by a story. Different brain regions track different aspects of a story, such as a character's physical location or current goals. Some of these regions mirror those involved when people perform, imagine, or observe similar real-world activities. These results support the view that readers understand a story by simulating the events in the story world and updating their simulation when features of that world change.}, address = {Washington University in St. Louis}, author = {Speer, Nicole K. and Reynolds, Jeremy R. and Swallow, Khena M. and Zacks, Jeffrey M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5382967}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02397.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122474989/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02397.x}, issn = {1467-9280}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {embodiment, fmri, reading, simulation}, number = {8}, pages = {989--999}, posted-at = {2009-08-06 16:37:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Reading Stories Activates Neural Representations of Visual and Motor Experiences}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02397.x}, volume = {20}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5382967 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5382967 N2 - ABSTRACT2014To understand and remember stories, readers integrate their knowledge of the world with information in the text. Here we present functional neuroimaging evidence that neural systems track changes in the situation described by a story. Different brain regions track different aspects of a story, such as a character's physical location or current goals. Some of these regions mirror those involved when people perform, imagine, or observe similar real-world activities. These results support the view that readers understand a story by simulating the events in the story world and updating their simulation when features of that world change. IS - 8 JF - Psychological Science SN - 1467-9280 AD - Washington University in St. Louis EP - 999 TI - Reading Stories Activates Neural Representations of Visual and Motor Experiences VL - 20 SP - 989 KW - embodiment KW - fmri KW - reading KW - simulation AU - Speer, Nicole AU - Reynolds, Jeremy AU - Swallow, Khena AU - Zacks, Jeffrey PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02397.x ER -