Distinguishing Between Absorption & Entrancement
...Neither attention studies nor psychophysiology have been able to distinguish
between absorption and entrancement or to show why some reading merely absorbs
us while other kinds of reading matter work the far
stronger spell of entrancement, transporting us to other places and
transfiguring our consciousness to make other people of us. Entrancement
exercises this power not only through reading but through many other everyday
experiences, such as dreaming, being lost in one's
waking moments, going to a movie, or listening to a story.
Nell, p.199
