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@article{citeulike:1138548, abstract = {In this article, the authors examined readers' sensitivity to the match between characters' goals and characters' actions. In Experiment 1, readers integrated actions consistent with characters' goals more easily when there was a match between the extremeness of the actions and the urgency of the goals. In Experiments 2 and 3, characters' actions were consistent with either explicit or implicit goals. Participants showed different sensitivity to the mismatch between actions and urgent goals when they simply read the actions (Experiment 2) versus when they judged the likelihood of the actions (Experiment 3). Taken together, these results offer an account of how readers experience actions and goals when engaged in both local and global processing.}, address = {Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, USA. gegidi@ic.sunysb.edu}, author = {Egidi, G. and Gerrig, R. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1138548}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.32.6.1322}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17087586}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17087586}, doi = {10.1037/0278-7393.32.6.1322}, issn = {0278-7393}, journal = {J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn}, keywords = {forgs}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {1322--1329}, posted-at = {2007-03-03 19:56:18}, priority = {0}, title = {Readers' experiences of characters' goals and actions.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.32.6.1322}, volume = {32}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1138548 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1138548 N2 - In this article, the authors examined readers' sensitivity to the match between characters' goals and characters' actions. In Experiment 1, readers integrated actions consistent with characters' goals more easily when there was a match between the extremeness of the actions and the urgency of the goals. In Experiments 2 and 3, characters' actions were consistent with either explicit or implicit goals. Participants showed different sensitivity to the mismatch between actions and urgent goals when they simply read the actions (Experiment 2) versus when they judged the likelihood of the actions (Experiment 3). Taken together, these results offer an account of how readers experience actions and goals when engaged in both local and global processing. IS - 6 JF - J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn SN - 0278-7393 AD - Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, USA. gegidi@ic.sunysb.edu EP - 1329 TI - Readers' experiences of characters' goals and actions. VL - 32 SP - 1322 KW - forgs AU - Egidi, G AU - Gerrig, RJ PY - 2006/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.32.6.1322 ER -