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READERS' RESPONSES WHILE READING A NARRATIVE TEXT
This article examines cognitive and emotional responses produced while
reading a short story. The text was presented in the original and in two
modified versions, which differed in the presence or absence of anticipations.
Readers were presented with a questionnaire concerning their responses.
Effects of text version, gender, and type of academic studies were examined.
A factorial analysis explored the underlying dimensions of the 15 variables.
Three factors emerged, concerning readers\u2019 participation in the story,
responses to the violation of their expectations, and cognitive evaluation
of the textual features that make the story comprehensible. Women scored
significantly higher on the first factor and the presence or absence of anticipations
significantly influenced the second factor