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1 Φεβ 2024 · Research about the emergence of science fiction mostly focuses on proximate How-questions, about the influence of technological culture on science fiction. Here, we focus on ultimate Why-questions, about the cognitive reasons underlying the appeal for science fiction.
1 Μαΐ 2008 · Fiction literature has largely been ignored by psychology researchers because its only function seems to be entertainment, with no connection to empirical validity. We argue that literary narratives have a more important purpose. They offer models or simulations of the social world via abstraction, simplification, and compression.
30 Ιαν 2013 · In sum, because the focus of fiction is primarily on eliciting emotions, rather than on presenting factual information, fiction reading will be more likely influence empathy than non-fiction reading. The question remains, however, how fiction may influence empathy.
This book aims to rectify that deficiency by investigating how science fiction has made use of ideas from five different psychological schools: evolutionary psychology; psychoanalysis; behaviourism and social constructionism; existential-humanism; and cognitivism.
1 Ιαν 2016 · This chapter will cover three areas: 1) the basic structure of stories; 2) the personal side of stories where we look at how stories influence identity, cognitive patterns, emotions and...
21 Οκτ 2021 · Introduction. By seeking commonalities and differences between readers’ fiction and nonfiction experiences, in relation to thinking critically, this study aimed to identify ways that fiction may play a unique role in critical thinking.
18 Φεβ 2020 · Psychologists have stigmatised science fiction fans as losers who retreat into fantasy worlds. This is unfair.
