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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 6, Issue 32, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba2196
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- NIH [5R01GM112697-02, 1R01MH117172]
- John Templeton Foundation [48503, 62256]
- High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group [15F06718R0006603]
- NSF [IIS-1344257, SES1758835]
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Scholars across disciplines have long debated the existence of a common structure that underlies narratives. Using computer-based language analysis methods, several structural and psychological categories of language were measured across similar to 40,000 traditional narratives (e.g., novels and movie scripts) and similar to 20,000 nontraditional narratives (science reporting in newspaper articles, TED talks, and Supreme Court opinions). Across traditional narratives, a consistent underlying story structure emerged that revealed three primary processes: staging, plot progression, and cognitive tension. No evidence emerged to indicate that adherence to normative story structures was related to the popularity of the story. Last, analysis of fact-driven texts revealed structures that differed from story-based narratives.
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