Index

• absolute sleeper effect 60, 61

• absorption 70, 97, 110, 199, 200, 217, 218, 225, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 240, 242, 254–257, 274, 301

• absorption-like states 2, 5, 218, 219, 221, 223, 226, 234, 236

• action density 78, 79

• action tendency55

• advertisement58

• aesthetic121

• aesthetic appreciation184

• aesthetic attitude 220–222

• aesthetic feeling 89, 217, 240

• aesthetic mindset112

• aesthetic object 33, 220–222

• aesthetic outcome 217, 220, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241

• aesthetic response 218, 236, 237

• aesthetic trajectory77

• affective realism 230, 234, 235, 241

• aha experience78

• alignment169

• altered sense of time 227, 234, 235, 241

• alternative perspective 230, 232, 233, 235

• anticipation106

• artifact98

• artifact absorption113

• ASQ 217–219, 225, 227, 228, 230, 233–236, 238, 241, 242

• assimilative vs. accommodative process90

• attention 73, 88, 100, 101, 180, 181, 185, 189–191, 194, 217, 218, 222, 226–228, 234, 235, 242

• attentional focus 14–16, 73, 88, 140, 218, 226

• attentional reorienting 217, 218, 225–227, 234

• attentional routine106

• attentional theory of cinematic continuity106

• attitude 57, 58, 59, 219, 230

• attitude change 52, 217

• autism302

• automated screen-extracted gameplay161

• background trajectory240

• Battlefield 3, 162

• behavioral assimilation 59, 60

• behavioral intention59

• being moved 237–239

• belief 54, 55, 56

• belief change55

• causal explanation 238–240

• character 61, 224, 225, 230, 232, 240

• character attribute168

• character emotion79

• character's perspective 170, 223

• character's physical trait168

• character's psychological state167

• cinema121

• classical style108

• cognitive load 179, 192

• cognitive processing 209–210

• computer game128

• concentration 217, 218, 221, 222, 225, 226, 234

• connection with character53

• consciousness 99, 100, 102, 110, 111

• continuity editing108

• controversial issue58

• counter arguing 52, 53, 275, 282, 283

• co-viewer 147, 148

• cultural value120

• cultural worldview262

• curiosity 75, 76, 77, 78

• deeply captured 237–239

• deictic center 219, 223, 224, 228

• deictic shift 19, 34, 221, 228–230

• descriptive density 78, 79

• diegetic 124, 125, 127

• discourse organization75

• dispositif (apparatus)122

• dream 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130

• dual awareness 97, 98, 102

• ease of processing51

• EFA 218, 226, 230, 233–236

• ego depletion260

• einfühlung74

• elaboration 210–211

• elaboration likelihood model 275, 282, 283

• elevation264

• embodied space 217, 218, 230, 235, 240, 242

• embodiment305

• emotion 54, 167, 169

• emotional engagement 54, 162, 180, 181, 189, 191, 218, 239

• emotional flow55

• emotional response 55, 74, 75, 202, 206, 208

• empathic performative shift 223, 224

• empathy 74, 169, 224, 225, 232, 236, 256

• enjoyment 14, 20, 21, 24, 52, 135, 218

• entertainment 120, 253, 254

• entertainment overcoming resistance model 52, 273

• enunciation127

• episodic characteristic of identification164

• epistemic identification169

• EQ 218, 225, 237

• error57

• eudaimonic 254, 255, 259, 266

• event schemas 104, 107

• evocative imagery 237–239

• exemplification59

• experience of virtual space172

• experience taking 141, 145–147

• experiential disclosure 219, 220, 222, 223

• explanatory outcomes 217, 236, 238–240

• explanatory revision 230, 235, 238–240

• expression-centered explication 219–222, 225, 236, 237, 240

• expressive enactment 217, 218, 226, 230, 235–240, 242

• extended-elaboration likelihood model273

• extra-personal space 217, 225, 228–230, 235, 241

• eye movement control 71, 72

• facial expression162

• false information61

• familiarity 71, 72, 159

• fear86

• film style108

• film technology108

• first-person perspective 158, 159, 165, 172

• flow 12–17, 24, 52, 73, 232

• fluency71

• foreground trajectory240

• foregrounding 89, 113, 240

• frame switch165

• game 165, 304

• game violence159

• gameplay experience161

• games of progression162

• game-world 160, 167, 169

• genre113

• global transportation72

• global workspace99

• happiness263

• health behavior60

• horror 129, 262, 257

• hypofrontality73

• identification 14, 19, 20, 24, 52, 53, 74, 133, 134, 158, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 167, 170, 172, 275, 282, 283, 299

• identification with the aggressor159

• identity experimentation163

• illusion98

• imagery 14, 15, 19, 24, 218, 228, 232, 237

• imagery potential83

• immersion 12, 15, 51, 71, 72, 78, 79, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 120, 128–130, 165, 217, 219, 221, 232, 240

• immersion potential 79, 81

• impact of games on player157

• implicit measure of immersion 73, 80

• incorrect information57

• inexpressible realizations 237, 238, 241

• inference-driven interpretation 219–222, 225, 235, 239, 240

• in-game behavior162

• in-game camera 169, 170, 171

• initiating event 178, 181, 184

• inner life of character 70, 88

• inner world 166, 167

• instruction50

• integrative comprehension 217, 218, 226, 230, 235, 236, 238–242

• interactive narrative62

• interest 21, 237, 242

• interestingness105

• interpretation 135, 221

• interview162

• involvement 14, 21, 24, 165

• left hemisphere72

• likeability 138, 144

• liking 53, 134

• linguistic shift165

• literary reading 69, 74, 75, 217, 218, 220, 221, 223, 225–227, 229, 234, 236, 238, 241, 242

• long-term effect60

• loss of self-awareness 275, 282, 283

• macroscopic variable79

• Max Payne 3, 162

• meaning focus 227, 234

• meaningfulness 254–257, 259, 260

• mental imagery 54, 218

• mental model 15, 17–19, 209, 210

• mentalizing 222, 238, 239, 295

• metaphor 212, 213, 220, 223–225, 229, 240

• metaphoric vehicle 223, 229, 231

• microscopic variable79

• moderating factor286

• modes of reception114

• mood empathy74

• mood management258

• moral disengagement 135, 136

• moral elevation62

• morality120

• motor enactment78

• multiple narrative63

• narrative 50, 63, 288

• narrative absorption 51, 180, 181

• narrative as simulation105

• narrative engagement 12, 14–16, 218, 219, 221, 232, 239

• narrative engagement scale50

• narrative experience 12, 14, 22

• narrative fiction294

• narrative health impact272

• narrative personae 224, 231, 232, 238, 242

• narrative persuasion59

• narrative presence 15, 16, 19, 24, 34, 218, 228

• narrative quality51

• narrative structure 83, 103, 178, 214

• narrative understanding 15, 218, 239

• narrator intelligibility 238–240

• need for affect 51, 260

• need to be informed56

• needs, higher-order260

• negative characters53

• neural net analysis84

• neurocognitive poetics (ncpm) 70, 72, 77, 89, 90

• nonfictional narratives56

• open reflection 217, 221, 222, 226–228, 234, 235, 238, 241

• openness to experience257

• outcome event 178, 179

• p-actions performed by the player168

• parasocial interaction 137, 139, 140

• parasocial relationship 138, 146

• perceived discord238

• perceived realism 14, 20, 24, 53, 54, 201, 203, 204

• perception 84, 85

• perception shot170

• perceptual identification 160, 169, 170, 171

• performative explication 221–225, 231, 233, 240

• peri-personal space 225, 229, 230, 235, 236, 240–242

• personal memory 202, 203, 206, 208

• personal relevance61

• personality 80, 87

• personality trait 139, 142

• perspective-taking 144, 145, 163, 217, 219, 225, 230–233, 235, 239–241

• persuasion 55, 57, 275, 282, 283

• phenomenological action space168

• phenomenological perspective 219, 221, 222, 227, 231

• physical identification 160, 169, 171

• physical movements162

• physiological response161

• players perspective158

• pleasure 220, 237, 242, 253, 254, 258

• plot coherence 238–240

• point-of-view 158, 161, 172

• pre-enactive empathy 217, 219, 225, 230–233, 235, 236, 239–242

• presence 12, 14, 22, 52, 159, 160, 161, 162, 165

• protagonist perspective network72

• psychometric 114, 194, 209, 217, 220, 221, 236

• rating scale73

• reactive engagement 218, 230–232, 235, 236

• reactive vs. reflective process90

• reader response theories72

• reading70

• reading duration81

• reading mode 72, 87

• realism 172, 217, 219, 225, 233–235, 240

• realistic conduct 230, 234, 235, 241

• reality 120, 122–126, 128, 130

• reminding 53, 202

• repertoire71

• representation101

• resilience62

• resistance 52, 275, 282, 283

• resisting personal distraction 227, 234, 235

• resisting task-related distraction 227, 234, 235

• restorative narrative62

• right hemisphere72

• risk perception61

• Sandman studies81

• schematic world knowledge 233, 236

• seeking out information60

• self 61, 136, 137, 140, 147, 260, 305

• self-efficacy59

• self-esteem262

• self-implicating givenness 217, 219, 225, 230, 233–236, 240–242

• self-other relations 217, 232, 233, 235, 240, 242

• self-perceptual depth 237, 238, 241

• self-referencing 275, 282, 283, 284, 287

• self-regulation61

• self-relevant outcome61

• sense of being in the fictional world165

• sense of distance between the player and character168

• sense of human connection62

• sense of personal responsibility63

• shift between first person and third person164

• shift to narrative time 227, 234, 235, 241

• side participation 230, 232, 233, 235

• similarity 141–143, 148

• simulation 126, 129, 238, 239, 242, 299

• simulator72

• situation models 72, 219–221, 224, 228, 233, 238–240

• social cognitive theory274

• sound perspective170

• spatial presence 165, 172

• spectator 120–129

• story world 72, 110, 114, 228, 230

• story world absorption 13, 14, 20, 24

• story world absorption scale 15, 38, 43, 73, 80, 184, 218, 193, 218

• story-consistent behavioral intention59

• structural equation model 226, 236, 238

• structural-affect theory178

• subconscious process80

• sublime disquietude 237–242

• sublime feeling 236, 237, 242

• subliminal representation101

• super-conscious112

• surprise 75, 77

• suspense 75, 76, 77, 80, 86, 107, 177–182

• suspense delay 178, 179, 181, 191

• suspense scale184

• sympathy 169, 232, 236

• terror management theory262

• text feature 51, 70, 240

• text personae 224, 231, 235, 236

• text world 70, 223, 224, 228–231

• text world theory210

• textual object 219, 222, 237

• theory-of-mind 72, 295

• third person game 158, 159

• third-person perspective 171, 172

• thoughts generated in response to the narrative 275, 282, 283

• transportability 51, 255

• transportability scale51

• transportation 12, 13, 14, 16, 24, 49, 50, 72, 139, 140, 200, 201, 202, 206, 208, 217–219, 221, 224, 225, 228, 232, 256, 275, 282, 283, 299

• transportation scale 50, 275, 282, 283

• transportation-belief change56

• transportation-imagery model 15, 19, 54, 272

• transporting performative shift 223, 224

• trauma62

• unfamiliarity72

• unitary experience 99, 102, 109, 114

• verisimilitude 217, 233–235, 240–242

• vicarious experience285

• virtual actions performed by the character168

• virtual reality 128–129

• visual feature108

• vividness146

• voice-over166

• wish fulfillment 123, 126, 128

• word recognition 71, 72