1. Suspense and the Influence of Cataphora on Viewers' Expectations / Hans J. Wulff -- 2. Keeping Our Selves in Suspense: The Imagined Gaze and Fictional Constructions of the Self in Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allan Poe / Garry Leonard -- 3. The Experience of Suspense: Between Fear and Pleasure / Lothar Mikos -- 4. Narrative Tension in Antonioni / Peter Wuss -- 5. The Paradox of Suspense / Noel Carroll -- 6. The Resiliency of Suspense / Richard J. Gerrig -- 7. The Nature of Narrative Suspense and the Problem of Rereading / William F. Brewer -- 8. Cognitive Modeling of Suspense-Inducing Structures in Narrative Films / Peter Ohler and Gerhild Nieding -- 9. Suspense, Predictive Inference, and Emotion in Film Viewing / Ed Tan and Gijsbert Diteweg -- 10. Suspense and Disorientation: Two Roles of Emotionally Charged Literary Uncertainty / Gerald C. Cupchik -- 11. The Psychology of Suspense in Dramatic Exposition / Dolf Zillmann.

12. Toward a Psychological Theory of Suspense / Peter Vorderer -- 13. The Utility of Various Research Approaches in the Empirical Exploration of Suspenseful Drama / Minet de Wied and Dolf Zillmann -- 14. On the Methodology of Empirical Research on Suspense / Axel Mattenklott -- 15. The Cognitive Development of Temporal Structures: How Do Children Make Inferences With Temporal Ellipses in Films? / Gerhild Nieding, Peter Ohler and Claudia Thussbas -- 16. Problems of Measuring Suspense / Mike Friedrichsen.