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Story Spoilers Don’t Spoil Stories

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Jonathan D. Leavitt
University of California, San Diego
Nicholas J. S. Christenfeld
University of California, San Diego

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Jonathan D. Leavitt, Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093 E-mail: [email protected]

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