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Transdisciplinary Approaches to Literature and Empathy
Edited by Paul Sopčák, Massimo Salgaro and J. Berenike Herrmann
[Scientific Study of Literature 6:1] 2016
► pp. 164–174

The scientific study of literary experience and neuro-behavioral responses to literature

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| Freie Universität Berlin
Keywords: direct measures, introspection, methodological pluralism, epistemic interest, Literary experience, Neuro-behavioral responses, Neurocognitive Poetics Model, explanatory gap
Published online: 21 December 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.6.1.08jac
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