Vera Tobin

Associate Professor of Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio

Vera Tobin is an associate professor of cognitive science at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of Elements of Surprise: Our Mental Limits and the Satisfactions of Plot (2018).

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Written by Vera Tobin

Man with bandaged nose sits in a car and looks at a woman in a hat, with a scenic backdrop at dusk.

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The art of the plot twist

Some twists infuriate; others are brilliant. But they both use the surprise story as a self-exploding confidence game

Vera Tobin