This chapter discusses narrative intelligence in the context of the origins of primate (social) intelligence. The relationship between social intelligence and narrative intelligence is outlined, with a particular emphasis on 1) the phylogenetic origins of primate (narrative) intelligence, and 2) the ontogenetic origin of autobiographical stories. The chapter is based on the assumption that in o...

In contemporary philosophy there are a great many texts on aesthetics and the ontology of narrative discourse, that discuss Meinong’s theses, agreeing or disagreeing. But Meinong never wrote a single book or article on aesthetics or the ontology of art works, nor did he provide a structured system to deal with fictional aesthetic objects. What he wrote on these matters is to be found in texts d...

OBJECTIVE The primary purpose of this article is to describe the development and feasibility of the Recovery Narrative Photovoice intervention. The nature of this intervention will be discussed, including facilitating empowerment and a positive sense of identity among people with serious mental illnesses. We will also describe the integration of Photovoice methodology with psychoeducational com...

Architectures of buildings influence work relationships and organizational practices. The case of building architecture can be extended to other complex instrumental systems which constrain and enable, not only the activity of local teams, but entire organizational processes, across functions. This paper explores the potential contribution of "sociomateriality" research to analyze such “archite...

Testing narrative engagement theory, this study examines student engagement and teachers' spontaneous narratives told in a narrative-based drug prevention curriculum. The study describes the extent to which teachers share their own narratives in a narrative-based curriculum, identifies dominant narrative elements, forms and functions, and assesses the relationships among teacher narratives, ove...

This paper seeks to elucidate the temporal characteristics of discourse by considering the narrative movie as an illustration of a medium wherein continuity editing techniques of films are used and that is characterized by the rhythmic structure of well-formed conversation. The object of analysis is the film “Late Autumn” directed by Yasujiro Ozu in 1960. The film was segmented into shots and s...

A key promise of narrative-centered learning environments is the ability to make learning engaging. However, there is concern that learning and engagement may be at odds in these game-based learning environments. This view suggests that, on the one hand, students interacting with a game-based learning environment may be engaged but unlikely to learn, while on the other hand, traditional learnin...

A key functionality provided by interactive narrative systems is narrative adaptation: tailoring story experiences in response to users’ actions and needs. We present a datadriven framework for dynamically tailoring events in interactive narratives using modular reinforcement learning. The framework involves decomposing an interactive narrative into multiple concurrent sub-problems, formalized ...

Recent years have seen growing interest in narrative-centered learning environments. Leveraging the inherent structure of narrative, narrativecentered learning environments offer significant potential for inquiry-based learning in which students actively participate in engaging story-based problem-solving. A key challenge posed by narrative-centered learning is orchestrating all of the events i...

Argumentation was studied in a courtroom context in which the prosecuting attorney’s summary is assumed to be an argument with “X is guilty” as the claim and the narrative, which contains the evidence of the case, providing support for the claim. In Experiment 1, quality of evidence, narrative coherence, and gender were studied. In Experiments 2A and 2B the role of uncertainty of narrative info...