Genre-typical narrative arcs in films are less appealing to lay audiences and professional film critics

People tend to like stimuli—ranging from human faces to text—that are prototypical, and thus easily processed. However, recent research has suggested that less typical stimuli may be preferred in creative contexts, such as fine art or music lyrics. In an archival sample of movie scripts, we tested w...

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Main Authors: Ireland, M.E (Author), Nalabandian, T. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer New York LLC 2019
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