大脑如何用故事理解世界

New research is revealing how the brain uses narrative to make sense of experience BY INGRID WICKELGREN ILLUSTRATIONS BY OLLIE HIRST Ingrid Wickelgren is a freelance science journalist based in New Jersey. OFFSHORE THE FICTIONAL TOWN of portorosso in the Italian Riviera, a young sea monster named Luca herds goatfish on his family’s aquatic farm. In the surf above, fishers threaten to fatally spear any sea monster that comes within range. The youth’s mother sternly warns him: “We do not talk, think, discuss, contemplate or go anywhere near the surface!” but Luca defies her, goaded by a beach-dwelling sea monster kid, Alberto, and the two dream of exploring the world on a Vespa. …