Our minds form cohesive narratives out of disparate elements all the time: one of the things we are best at is telling ourselves just so stories about our own behavior and that of others. If we’re not sure, we make it up – or rather, our brain does, without so much as thinking about asking our permission to do so.
Scientific American’s Maria Konnikova on the messy science of our storytelling minds, echoing the central premise of neuroscientist David Eagleman’s excellent Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, one of the 11 best psychology and philosophy books of 2011. (via explore-blog) I’ve been thinking of these as “micro-narratives” as I’m trying to imaging pedagogy for making games.