The citation I've chosen is "The Relation Between Perception and Behavior, or How to Win a Game of Trivial Pursuit" (link here), mentioned in the notes of Daniel Gilbert's "Immune to Reality". The article tells us about the authors' (Ap Dijksterhuis and Ad van Knippenberg) research, which tested the effects of perception on action for complex behavior and explored some parameters of the effects of perception on behavior. The article details four experiments. For each experiment, the authors start off by explaining why they performed the experiment and what they expected the result to be. This was followed by an account of the methods they used and finished up with an analysis and discussion of the results they obtained. The experiments are followed with a few pages explaining the results in further detail and pointing out the significance of the research in our everyday lives.
The paper maintains a formal tone throughout. It sticks to a particular format and focuses on thoroughly explaining the research topics. It reads like a scientific research paper (which is what it is). I don't think this paper was meant to be captivating or engaging in the way that a newspaper or magazine article is meant to be, and the writing style reflects that as it works at explaining the points it makes in a functional way rather than trying to be particularly catchy. It's not written in a way that would attract the attention of a casual reader.
The paper maintains a formal tone throughout. It sticks to a particular format and focuses on thoroughly explaining the research topics. It reads like a scientific research paper (which is what it is). I don't think this paper was meant to be captivating or engaging in the way that a newspaper or magazine article is meant to be, and the writing style reflects that as it works at explaining the points it makes in a functional way rather than trying to be particularly catchy. It's not written in a way that would attract the attention of a casual reader.
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