Abstract:

What is the orienting response, and what does it have to do with narrative? How is narrative related to lying? And what is the motive force of narrative? I will show that the mental activity of writers creating fictions, readers reading them, liars fashioning lies, and listeners when they detect a lie, all share distinct and significant cognitive functions.

中文翻译：

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叙述、说谎和定向反应

摘要：

什么是定向反应，它与叙事有什么关系？叙事与撒谎有何关系？叙事的动力是什么？我将展示创作小说的作家、阅读小说的读者、制造谎言的骗子以及发现谎言时的听众的心理活动，都具有独特而重要的认知功能。