Film and PM Data

Narrative transportation is described as a state of detachment that arises when one becomes immersed in the narrative of a story. Participants viewed either an intact version of an engaging 20 min film, “Bang You’re Dead!,” (1961) by Alfred Hitchcock (contiguous condition), or a version of the same film with scenes presented out of order (noncontiguous condition). In this latter condition, the individual scenes were intact but were presented out of chronological order. Participants were told a cover story that we were interested in the amount of gun violence depicted in films. Both groups were given the goal to remember to lift their hand every time they heard the word “gun” spoken during the film. Results revealed that participants were significantly less likely to remember to execute their goal in the contiguous condition, presumably because this narrative transported viewers’ attention and thereby “hijacked” processing resources away from internal goals.

叙事沉浸（Narrative transportation）被定义为个体沉浸于故事叙事时所产生的一种脱离现实的心理状态。本实验中，被试分别观看阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克（Alfred Hitchcock）1961年出品的20分钟剧情短片"Bang You’re Dead!"的两个版本：一组观看按原始时序完整呈现的版本（连贯组），另一组观看将原片场景打乱时序后重新编排的版本（非连贯组），后者的单个镜头均保持完整，但播放顺序违背了原始时间线。实验人员向两组被试告知了掩护性实验理由，声称本次研究旨在考察电影中枪支暴力的呈现量，并要求被试完成一项附加任务：在观影过程中，每当听到"gun"一词时抬手示意。实验结果显示，连贯组被试完成该任务的概率显著更低。研究推测，这一现象的原因在于连贯版本的叙事让观众陷入沉浸状态，从而"挤占"了用于执行内部目标的认知加工资源。