Fiction is the simulation of selves in interaction. People who read it improve their
understanding of others. This effect is especially marked with literary fiction, which also …

Emotions are central to the experience of literary narrative fiction. Affect and mood can
influence what book people choose, based partly on whether their goal is to change or …

Introduction 35 Research governance 36 Theories of ethics 37 Feminist research 40
Emancipatory research 41 Decolonised research 42 Participatory research 45 Critiquing …

The current study investigated whether fiction experiences change empathy of the reader.
Based on transportation theory, it was predicted that when people read fiction, and they are …

Storytelling is a human universal. From gathering around the camp-fire telling tales of
ancestors to watching the latest television box-set, humans are inveterate producers and …

Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

One popular concept to capture the experience of being immersed into the world of a story is
that of transportation. This article examines the factorial validity of the Transportation Scale …

Literature provides us with otherwise unavailable insights into the ways emotions are
produced, experienced and enacted in human social life. It is particularly valuable because …

Applied Theatre was the first collection to assist practitioners and students in developing
critical frameworks for their own community-based theatrical projects. The editors draw on …

Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction explores how fiction works in the brains
and imagination of both readers and writers. Demonstrates how reading fiction can …