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There is a moment, just before a story gets really good, when the body leans forward before the mind catches up. The pupils widen. The breath steadies. Something ancient in us wakes like a prairie vole twitching in tall grass. Scientists have measured what our grandmothers already knew: humans are built for story, not as decoration but as biological fuel. Researchers at Princeton found that when we hear a well-told narrative, the listener’s brain begins mirroring the storytel