Fact or Fiction? Children’s Preferences for Real Versus Make-Believe Stories:
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This paper examined whether developmental differences also play a role in the degree to which individuals are drawn to make-believable stories and found that some children and adults are more drawn to the imaginary than others.Abstract:
Some children and adults are more drawn to the imaginary than others. Here, we examine whether developmental differences also play a role in the degree to which individuals are drawn to make-believ...read more
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Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts
TL;DR: The authors The magic of make-believe in children's games is discussed in detail in Section 2.2.1 and Section 3.3.4.1.1 The Magic of Make-Believe 2.
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The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience
Raymond A. Mar,Keith Oatley +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that literary narratives have a more important purpose than entertainment, and they offer models or simulations of the social world via abstraction, simplification, and compression, which facilitates the communication and understanding of social information and makes it more compelling.
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Transportation Into Narrative Worlds: The Role of Prior Knowledge and Perceived Realism.
TL;DR: The authors found that participants with prior knowledge or experience relevant to the themes of the story (e.g., had homosexual friends or family members, were knowledgeable about American fraternities) showed greater transportation into the story.
The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of
Raymond A. Mar,Keith Oatley +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that literary narratives have a more important purpose and offer models or simulations of the social world via abstraction, simplification, and compression, which facilitates the communication and understanding of social information and makes it more compelling, achieving a form of learning through experience.