I am interested in literary plots and wonder whether there is neuroscientific research on how readers/viewers construe causality. If so - and if there is such an ability - how is it related to general abilities to make inferences?
Mar, Raymond A. (2004): The Neuropsychology of Narrative. Story Comprehension, Story Production and Their Interrelation, in: Neuropsychologia 42, no. 10, 1414–1434.