Crying, Moving, and Keeping It Whole: What Makes Literary Description Vivid?

Vividness is used in a range of senses which often conflate the intensity of an experience with the accuracy of mental images. In this article we consider the vividness of responses to literary descriptions of faces in the light of the psychology of face perception and the neuroscience of the mirror...

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Main Authors: Jajdelska, E, Butler, C, Kelly, S, McNeill, A, Overy, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010