No support for the claim that literary fiction uniquely and immediately improves theory of mind: A reply to Kidd and Castano's commentary on Panero et al. (2016).
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DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000079
Abstract: Kidd and Castano (in press) critique our failure to replicate Kidd and Castano (2013) on 3 grounds: failure to exclude people who did not read the texts, failure of random assignment, and failure to exclude… read more here.
Keywords: fiction uniquely; kidd castano; literary fiction; uniquely immediately ... See more keywords
States of Mind: Consent and Literary Fiction in the US
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DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajab052
Abstract: In the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century US, what did it mean, and for whom, to ground the state’s legitimacy in the consent of the governed, or to see the whole range of economic, familial,… read more here.
Keywords: fiction; literary fiction; consent literary; mind consent ... See more keywords
Exposure to Literary Fiction Is Associated With Lower Psychological Essentialism
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.662940
Abstract: We investigated the impact of exposure to literary and popular fiction on psychological essentialism. Exposure to fiction was measured by using the Author Recognition Test, which allows us to separate exposure to authors of literary… read more here.
Keywords: literary fiction; fiction; psychological essentialism; exposure literary ... See more keywords
Neurological Disorders in Literary Fiction: A Single Author Case Series
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.344636
Abstract: Background: Across literary fiction, allusions to medical ailments are common. However, in the bibliography of Stephen King, neurological disorders appear to be present disproportionately. Objective: The objective of this study is to describe the epidemiology… read more here.
Keywords: stephen king; neurological disorders; epidemiology; disorders literary ... See more keywords