In fiction, we remember the deaths that make us sad
E-Mail COLUMBUS, Ohio - People may cheer the demise of evil villains in fiction, but the deaths we most remember are the meaningful and sad endings of the characters we loved, research suggests. In a new study, researchers found that when people were asked to recall the death of a fictional character, they were more likely to mention deaths perceived as "meaningful" than those seen as "pleasurable." "We remember the deaths that made us cry and think more than those that made us cheer," said Matthew Grizzard, co-author of the study and assistant professor of communication at The Ohio State U...
Source: eurekalert.org