Sources of Complexity in Narrative Comprehension across Media

“This work primarily uses wordless visual sequences, and has implied connections between visual narrative and linguistic processing, implicating domain-general mechanisms (Cohn, 2013b; Magliano et al., 2019).”

“Finally, there are reasons to also assume that visual narratives require unique processes (Cohn, 2013b; Magliano et al., 2019).”

“…capacity and their reliance on multimodal systems: “ text-based (and spoken) narratives are entirely consumed through language processing, but visual narratives (comics and fi lm) are typically conveyed in a multimedia format that involves both language and visual content ” (Magliano et al., 2019).”

“…allow authors to overtly delve into characters’ internal states, such as their goals, affective states, and knowledge states, whereas film and sequential picture stories often require the viewer to infer these based on the behaviors of the characters (Clinton et al., 2018; Magliano et al., 2019).”

“…mental model construction are universal (Gerns-bacher, 1991; Kintsch, 1998; Magliano et al., 2001), while other work has identified important differences in the sub-processes relevant to specific narrative or literary contexts (Loughlin et al., 2015; Magliano et al., 2019; Magliano et al., 2013).”

“However, listening to the words of Magliano and colleagues [32], it should be clear that the kind of complexity encoded and presented to the”

“Some have argued that comprehension across media is similar and that there is considerable overlap in the processes that give rise to a mental model [1,2], whereas others have argued there are differences afforded by media that affect processing [3–5].”