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The Neuroscience of Good Storytelling — Paul J. Zak

Future of StoryTelling (FoST)

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Is There a Higher Level of Immersive Experience?

I find the peak immersion experience from that incredibly stimulating. I want to go do more of those. The more immersive they are, the stronger the high,. If you will, or the excitement from them. So as I add in more sensory components, I get higher immersion almost always. That would be smells, touch, temperature. All those things change the experience. And then lastly, you said something very profound, which is when you have a choice and your choices matter. Your brain has to devote more resources because you'd like to make better decisions rather than worse decisions. It's really smart way to do that.

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