The stories or narratives of which missiologists and those who teach on orality716 are so fond function as vehicles of connection, with characters that draw us into identification with them. “Storytelling is a universal human activity, found in all cultures.”717 According to neurobiological research, stories actually create a connection between the listener and the narrator, called brain-to-brain coupling.718 Similarly, “previous studies have shown that during free viewing of a movie or listening to a story, the external shared input can induce similar brain activity across different
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support for the power of narrative in learning
