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The psychology of fiction with Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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The Psychology of Fiction
The psychology of fiction has been a huge question. Why do we spend so much time and money on something we know is make belief? My old advisor, Paul Bloom, who was one of my PhD advisors in his book, How Pleasure Works,. theorized that fiction basically co-ops what was initially a liking for gossip. So the idea that maybe we evolved to like a certain true kind of story, the stuff of gossip.
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