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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Armstrong, Paul B., 1949– author.

Title: Stories and the brain : the neuroscience of narrative / Paul B. Armstrong.

Description: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019031189 | ISBN 9781421437743 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781421437750 (paperback) | ISBN 9781421437767 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Narration (Rhetoric)—Psychological aspects. | Neurosciences and the arts.

Classification: LCC P301.5.P75 A76 2020 | DDC 809.9/23—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031189

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