Most people know the fabled story of elephant and “six blind men”, with each them separately examining a different portion mysterious object before drawing conclusion without awareness whole picture—which could have been gleaned by sharing information their neighbours (Figure 1) [...]

We examined the role of mental imagery skills on story comprehension in 150 fifth graders (10- to 12-year-olds), when reading a narrative book chapter with alternating words and pictures (i.e., text blocks were alternated by one- or two-page picture spreads). A parallel group design was used, in which we compared our experimental book version, in which pictures were used to replace parts of the...

We examined whether language affects the strength of a visual representation in memory. Participants studied a picture, read a story about the depicted object, and then selected out of two pictures the one whose transparency level most resembled that of the previously presented picture. The stories contained two linguistic manipulations that have been demonstrated to affect concept availability...

The present study examined forgetting and recovery of narrative passages varying in emotional intensity, using what we refer to as the "dropout" method. Previous studies of this dropout procedure have used word lists as to-be-remembered material, but the present experiments used brief story vignettes with one-word titles (e.g., "Torture", "Insects"). These vignettes showed a strong dropout forg...

Four hundred twenty-eight participants wrote imaginative stories in response to 6 picture cues of a research version of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT; Morgan & Murray, 1935). Story protocols were coded for n (need) Power, n Achievement, and n Affiliation using Winter's (1991) integrated scoring system that provided detailed information about the motive profiles of individual picture cues....

This study examines the comprehension of the Spanish copulas ser and estar by Puerto Rican children between the ages of 4;0-7;0 (M = 5;8). Fifty-two Spanish-speaking children (20 boys and 32 girls) were presented with a picture matching task that included known cartoon characters. After having heard and seen a story, children had to decide which character responds to a question that included on...

Title of dissertation: CHILDREN’S STORYTELLING TECHNOLOGIES: DIFFERENCES IN ELABORATION AND RECALL Angela Boltman, Doctor of Philosophy, 2001 Dissertation directed by: Professor Allison Druin College of Education, Human Development Institute of Advanced Computer Studies This study examined the elaboration and recall of children’s stories through analysis of the content and structure of children...

the storytelling with picture (pardeh-khani), as one of the traditional forms of theatre in iran has many capabilities in artistic and dramatic expression. yet, about this kind of traditional theatre, many researches has been accomplished about its structure and performing methods. the main question of this article is that, is it possible to use this theatrical form in one of the most important...

risalat risalat al-ghofran is the letter that abu ala marri (363-449 ah) writes in response to a letter from ali ben mansour halabi. inspired by the story of his ascension and the quran makes for a very long introduction to this thesis imaginary journey to heaven and hell are brought into the picture and verses and poems, and news and conflict in many lexical and syntactic text instead gives it...

By now, Uganda’s success story has become virtually synonymous with the so-called ABC approach to HIV/AIDS prevention, for Abstain, Be faithful, use Condoms. And, indeed, it is clear that some combination of important changes in all three of these sexual behaviors contributed both to Uganda’s extraordinary reduction in HIV/AIDS rates and to the country’s ability to maintain its reduced rates th...