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Determining the markers of a preference for imaginary worlds fiction calls for comparisons across kinds of fiction readers and forms of exploration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

Ellen Winner Open the ORCID record for Ellen Winner [Opens in a new window]
Ellen Winner*
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Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, McGuinn Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA Harvard Graduate School of Education, Project Zero, Longfellow Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA winner@bc.edu; ellenwinner.com
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Abstract

The authors do not compare readers who prefer imaginary world fiction to readers with other reading preferences, failing to rule out the hypothesis that their findings apply to all readers. The authors also do not test their hypotheses against plausible alternative ones, several of which are suggested here.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e306
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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