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Author Spotlight: Investigating the Effects of Mind-Body-Movement Practices on Brain Function
Published on: January 26, 2024
Exploration and arrangement in physical and social worlds
1Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, Canadakeith.oatley@utoronto.ca; https://sites.google.com/site/keithoatleyhomesite.
Abstract:
Fiction involves exploring imaginative arrangements of places and characters: elements that can be recognized by readers. In childhood, exploration occurs from a safe home base of a caregiver; fiction enables a comparable basis. Physical elements in fiction are settings. More important are social explorations: transactions with characters that can include transformation. This is illustrated by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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