Some new papers that I’ve read recently include these two:

Gabriel, Shira, & Young, Ariana F. (2011). Becoming a vampire without being bitten: The narrative collective-assimilation hypothesis. Psychological Science, 22(8), 990-994. doi: 10.1177/0956797611415541

Leavitt, Jonathan D., & Christenfeld, Nicholas J. S. (in press). Story spoilers don’t spoil stories. Psychological Science, XX(X), 1-3. doi: 10.1177/0956797611417007 (posted online August 2011).

Does the fact that you know the ending of a story (because of a “spoiler”) ruin your enjoyment of that story? Jonathan Leavitt and