Associate Professor
Faculty of Health - Department of Psychology
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 20769
mar@yorku.caKey Areas of Expertise
- Cognitive, social and emotional impact of fiction
- Link between reading fiction and developing empathy
- How the brain processes fiction
- Producing and appreciating humor
- How playing videogames affects real-world thoughts and emotions
For more information go to
The New York Times - Your Brain on Fiction
The Globe and Mail - Why reading fiction may just make you a better person
The Globe and Mail - Creation theory: Scientists are unlocking the biological secrets of creativity
CTV News - Fiction helps build empathy in children
Research - Do I amuse you? Asymmetric predictors for humor appreciation and humor production
The Pueblo Chieftain - Doctors recognizing therapeutic benefits of reading, writing
YFile - Researcher finds reading novels enhances social skills
BBC - The Pleasures and Perils of Storytelling
YFile - Open Your Mind: A Q&A with Raymond Mar, researcher in the Faculty of Health
BT.com - Reading books helps develop empathy in children, research reveals
Affiliations
OnFiction.ca
Editor
Scientific Studies of Literature
Editorial Board
Empirical Studies of the Arts
Editorial Board
Frontiers in Personality Science and Individual Differences
Review Editorial Board
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