Exploration and arrangement in physical and social worlds
- PMID: 36396397
- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X21002119
Exploration and arrangement in physical and social worlds
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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Imaginary worlds through the evolutionary lens: Ultimate functions, proximate mechanisms, cultural distribution.Behav Brain Sci. 2022 Nov 18;45:e309. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22000048. Behav Brain Sci. 2022. PMID: 36396422
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Why imaginary worlds? The psychological foundations and cultural evolution of fictions with imaginary worlds.Behav Brain Sci. 2021 Jul 8;45:e276. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21000923. Behav Brain Sci. 2021. PMID: 34233768
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