The roles of reader's feelings in understanding narratives: Forefeel, empathy, and a sense of strangeness

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 479-486

  Komeda, Hidetsugu ^a   Nihei, Yoshiaki ^b   Kusumi, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotion; Reading comprehension; Situation model; Story

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; READING;

ADULT; AFFECT; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITERATURE; MALE; READING;

EID: 17844385323     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.75.479     Document Type: Article

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