Conceptualization of narrative absorption. Beyond metaphors and traditions: Exploring the conceptual boundaries of narrative engagement / Helena Bilandzic and Rick Busselle -- Towards a new understanding of absorbing reading experiences / Moniek M. Kuijpers, Frank Hakemulder, Ka…
by Elfenbein, Andrew, Piper, Andrew, Kümmerling-Meibauer, Bettina, Richter, Tobias, Oatley, Keith, Mar, Raymond A., Billington, Josie, Kucirkova, Natalia, Appel, Markus, Barnes, Jennifer L., Black, Jessica E., Blohm, Stefan, Bruhn, Mark J., Bálint, Katalin, Castiglione, Davide, Dodell-Feder, David, Douglas, Shawn, Fialho, Olivia, Glicksohn, Joseph, Goodblatt, Chanita, Hakemulder, Frank, Hanauer, David, Herrmann, J. Berenike, Hoeken, Hans, Horton, William S., Jacobs, Arthur M., Kaakinen, Johanna K., Khoo, Guan Soon, Knoop, Christine A., Kraxenberger, Maria, Krieken, Kobie van, Kuijpers, Moniek M., Kuiken, Don, Levine, Sarah R., Lüdtke, Jana, Magliano, Joseph P., Mak, Marloes, McCarthy, Kathryn S., Oliver, Mary Beth, Peer, Willie van, Reed, Olivia S., Salgaro, Massimo, Sanders, José, Scharinger, Mathias, Sopčák, Paul, Steenberg, Mette, Tamir, Diana I., Tan, Ryan RuiYang, Tukachinsky Forster, Rebecca Riva, Willems, Roel M.
"This handbook reviews efforts to increase the use of empirical methods in studies of the aesthetic and social effects of literary reading. The reviewed research is expansive, including extension of familiar theoretical models to novel domains (e.g., educational settings); enlar…