A Different World: How the Brain Responds to Fiction

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

We aim to nd out how readers build ctional worlds. Fiction reading has powerful and mysterious eects on readers (Sullivan; Tamir). We believe that some of these eects can be explained by the process of world building. If so, this will improve public understanding of ction's power and help to reverse current declines in ction reading (Clark).

Key findings

Grant application submitted, waiting for decision

Notes

This grant application is currently with the AHRC. We should hear if we have been successful in the first half of 2025.
Short titleA Different World
StatusNot started
Effective start/end date1/07/2531/05/27

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