Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Proof that Spoilers are good

Scientific, even. [Link]

Many people live in fear of being "spoiled" for a story by finding out the ending. But a new study by psychologists shows that people wound up liking stories better if they'd been told spoilers in advance.
UC San Diego psychology researchers Nicholas Christenfeld and Jonathan Leavitt wanted to know whether it was true that spoilers actually ruin people's enjoyment of stories. They decided to find out, by spoiling a group of 30 people who were about to read three different stories. According to a release from UC San Diego
So here goes:



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