It's not fiction if you believe it: How imaginary worlds are derived from imaginary realities

Authors

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Clark UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Imaginary worlds are not a consequence of humans' exploratory tendencies as argued in the target article but a recent spinoff of a strong human tendency to create imaginary realities, that is, versions of how the world works that are fabricated (although we believe they are real) in order to allow us to believe we understand it and can control it.

Publication Title

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Publication Date

2022

Volume

45

ISSN

0140-525X

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X21002120

Keywords

imaginary worlds, imaginary realities

Repository Citation

Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen, "It's not fiction if you believe it: How imaginary worlds are derived from imaginary realities" (2022). Psychology. 683.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_psychology/683