The Repetition-Break plot structure: A cognitive influence on selection in the marketplace of ideas

Cognitive Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Loewenstein, Jeffrey ^a   Heath, Chip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural selection; Folktales; Jokes; Plot structures; Repetition; Structural alignment; Surprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951253884     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2008.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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