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In a recent article,   John Foxwell, Ben Alderson-Day, Charles Fernyhough and Angela Woods (2020) report on a survey of writers’ experi...

In these weeks of self isolation and social distancing with the corona virus pandemic what one may like, in the late evening, is a televi...

On Sunday, 9 February 2020, the  New York Times  reported that Yuval Noah Harari’s  Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,  had been on i...

The notable rise of multiracialism in Western countries has made it crucial for society to develop tools that facilitate the understanding...

Although storybooks have long been used to teach moral messages to children, most research suggests that young children do not actually ex...

As you close your eyes, you begin to visualize, carry the weight, and conjure the emotion. For those who are fascinated by the ability to...

The story of Haruki Murakami's novel Colorless Tsukuru Tasaki and his years of pilgrimage is that of a quest. In late adolescence, Tsu...

Haruki Murakami is acclaimed as one the most interesting present-day writers of short stories and novels. He is Japa...

You enter the room, spot the glances of your peers and know, that you are about to overcome your greatest weaknesses. What does this ...

Negative stereotypes about “gamers”, those who play all kinds of games (e.g., videogames, boardgames, etc.), are everywhere. Indeed, thos...

The week of Earth Day was intense in Minneapolis this year. Earth Day eve, already a time of pensive introspection given the reminder...

At the Morgan Library in New York, one of the exhibitions is of some of Jane Austen’s letters and some drafts of her fiction. Her letters...

Last year at this time, I watched the leaves flame out with peculiar detachment: for the first time, I was leaving my temperate deciduou...

The ability to make mental models of other people is one of the most important for us as humans. Without such models we would be unable u...

Many of us believe that we immerse ourselves in books and stories in order to gain pleasure and enjoyment. As a result, it is easy to ass...

Oftentimes, fairytales consist of unrealistic or fantastical events. Although children understand that fantastical fiction differs from r...