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Raymond A. Mar

21 works· latest 2021· 3 institutionscluster: provisionalORCID 0000-0002-5307-7031

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The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience2008 · 1,342 citations
The Neural Bases of Social Cognition and Story Comprehension2010 · 948 citations
Bookworms versus nerds: Exposure to fiction versus non-fiction, divergent associations with social ability, and the simulation of fictional social worlds2005 · 614 citations
Exploring the link between reading fiction and empathy: Ruling out individual differences and examining outcomes2009 · 551 citations
Emotion and narrative fiction: Interactive influences before, during, and after reading2010 · 429 citations

Works

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Adult attachment and engagement with fictional characters

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2021·2 authors·Open access

27citations

Aesthetic Responses to the Characters, Plots, Worlds, and Style of Stories

Oxford University Press eBooks·2020·3 authors·chapter

21citations

Stories and the Promotion of Social Cognition

Current Directions in Psychological Science·2018·1 author

112citations

Evaluating whether stories can promote social cognition: Introducing the Social Processes and Content Entrained by Narrative (SPaCEN) framework

Discourse Processes·2018·1 author

108citations

Absorption in narrative fiction and its possible impact on social abilities

Linguistic approaches to literature·2017·4 authors·chapter

47citations

Narrative Fiction and Expository Nonfiction Differentially Predict Verbal Ability

Scientific Studies of Reading·2015·

How exposure to literary genres relates to attitudes toward gender roles and sexual behavior.

Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts·2015·3 authors

27citations

What Does My Avatar Say About Me? Inferring Personality From Avatars

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin·2015·2 authors

111citations

What you read matters: The role of fiction genre in predicting interpersonal sensitivity.

Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts·2013·3 authors

133citations

Personal narratives as the highest level of cognitive integration

Behavioral and Brain Sciences·2013·3 authors

68citations

Lay denial of knowledge for justified true beliefs

Cognition·2013·3 authors·Open access

275citations

The Neural Bases of Social Cognition and Story Comprehension

Annual Review of Psychology·2010·1 author·review

948citations

Emotion and narrative fiction: Interactive influences before, during, and after reading

Cognition & Emotion·2010·4 authors·review

429citations

Exposure to media and theory-of-mind development in preschoolers

Cognitive Development·2009·3 authors

185citations

Effects of reading on knowledge, social abilities, and selfhood: Theory and empirical studies

Linguistic approaches to literature·2008·3 authors·chapter

52citations

The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience

Perspectives on Psychological Science·2008·2 authors

1,342citations

Detecting agency from the biological motion of veridicalvsanimated agents

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience·2007·4 authors·Open access

86citations

Evolutionary pre-adaptation and the idea of character in fiction

Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology·2005·2 authors·Open access

29citations