Table 2.

Overview of behavioural questionnaires.

	Behavioural rater groups (N = 54)		FMRI group (N = 52)
	Rated for literariness (N = 27)	Rated for emotional intensity (N = 27)
Story-specific measures	10-Adjective Story Appreciation (reduced to 3 components with principal component analysis) Experiential measures: a. Emotional engagement with the protagonist b. Mental imagery		10-Adjective Story Appreciation (reduced to 3 components with principal component analysis) Experiential measures: a. Emotional engagement with the protagonist b. Mental imagery
Individual difference measures	Reading habits (3 items): a. Liking of fiction b. Frequency of reading c. Number of novels read last year		Reading habits (4 items): a. Liking of fiction b. Frequency of reading c. Number of novels read last year d. Sensitivity to style Author Recognition Test (ART) Fantasy Scale of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) Need for Cognition (NCS) Need for Affect (NAS) Empathy Quotient (EQ)

Overview of story-specific and individual difference measures administered to the independent behavioural rater groups and functional MRI group.