Then it boxes up the entire episode, which can…

Then it boxes up the entire episode, which can now be remembered as a whole in the form of a sequence with "first...then" (... he told his boss what he thought and stormed out. She then went to him and...). And finally, the ending also allows for overall emotional appraisal, like a good or bad ending (... from tinen on, their relationship was much better). This emotional assess-ment is usually better remembered than any details or plot logic, we will see. In this respect, the ending prepares the overall judgment or verdict

— from The Mind in the Cockpit · Narrative Brain: the Stories Our Neurons Tell by Fritz Breithaupt

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