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fiction as social simulation: a standalone construct

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Media psychology

the view that fiction abstracts and simulates social experience, letting readers practice understanding other minds and social life.

In media psychology, fiction as social simulation refers to the view that fiction abstracts and simulates social experience, letting readers practice understanding other minds and social life. This meaning comes from Mar (2008) in Perspectives on Psychological Science.[1]

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Mar, R. A., & Oatley, K. (2008). The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3(3), 173-192. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00073.x

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