Narrative is the basic mode of human interaction and a fundamental way of acquiring
knowledge. In the rapidly growing field of health communication, narrative approaches are …

Stories are used extensively for human communication; both the comprehension and
production of oral and written narratives constitute a fundamental part of our experience …

With a new chapter on the literature review, this accessible step-by-step guide to using the
five major approaches to research design is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. The …

We propose that institutions such as the US Supreme Court can lead individuals to update
their perceptions of social norms, in contrast to the mixed evidence on whether institutions …

The current study investigated whether fiction experiences change empathy of the reader.
Based on transportation theory, it was predicted that when people read fiction, and they are …

Welcome to the third edition of The Psychology of Attitudes & Attitude Change. As you would
expect, this edition contains many new developments. As a starting point, Bas Verplanken …

Transportation was proposed as a mechanism whereby narratives can affect beliefs.
Defined as absorption into a story, transportation entails imagery, affect, and attentional …

The impact of entertainment—education messages on beliefs, attitudes, and behavior is
typically explained in terms of social cognitive theory principles. However, important …

Fiction literature has largely been ignored by psychology researchers because its only
function seems to be entertainment, with no connection to empirical validity. We argue that …

Readers of fiction tend to have better abilities of empathy and theory of mind (Mar et al.,
Journal of Personality 74: 1047–1078, 2006). We present a study designed to replicate this …