Spoiler alert: spoilers make you enjoy stories more | University of California
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Did someone spoil the next episode of "Game of Thrones"? They might have done you a favor.
May 24, 2016 Article by: Andy Murdock webeditor@ucop.edu Video by: Jessica Wheelock jessica.wheelock@ucop.edu Play video This story is going to be spoiled right from the beginning, but don’t worry. According to research by UC San Diego psychology professor Nicholas Christenfeld, spoilers don’t ruin a story: They make you enjoy it even more. One more spoiler: In the movie “The Usual Suspects,” Kevin Spacey is Keyser Söze. If you haven’t seen it yet, wow, you’re really going to love it now. Fig. 1 by the University of California on YouTube Christenfeld’s interest in storytelling was sparked by h
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