The Science of the Story We know in our gut when we’re hearing a good story—and research is starting to explain why

We know in our gut when we’re hearing a good story—and research is starting to explain why.

By Jeremy Adam Smith | June 8, 2016

Stories are told in the body.

It doesn’t seem that way. We tend to think of stories as emerging from consciousness—from dreams or fantasies—and traveling through words or images to other minds. We see them outside of us, on paper or on screen, never under the skin.

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