Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories: Storytelling and story acting in the early years by Trisha Lee

Author:Trisha Lee [Lee, Trisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781317631743
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2015-07-23T22:00:00+00:00

Story proof

In the book Story Proof by Kendal Haven (2007), this senior research scientist turned professional storyteller sets out to uncover the science behind the astonishing power of story. He examines how our brains are evolutionarily hardwired to think in story terms and presents evidence to show how we seek out narrative connections within the information we are given.

Here is an example of one of the proofs that can be found in his book.

Here are three sentences.

He went to the store.

Fred died.

Sharon went hungry and cried …

Did you assume that the ‘he’ in sentence one is Fred? Did you try to connect the first two sentences and wonder if Fred died because he went to the store, or while at the store? Did you presume that Fred went to the store to get something for Sharon to eat? Did you assume that Fred and Sharon were connected and that she wept in part because Fred died?

(Haven 2007)

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