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Word Magicians

by marissa | May 18, 2012 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas), Science (Cosmos, Mind & Psychology of Reading)

I love magic, and the neuroscience of magic, and I especially love the idea of the “attentional spotlight.” It’s fun to think about how we are these weird, sensitive mammals with semi-uncontrollable focus beams shooting out of the front of our heads...

Fantasy is good for children

by marissa | Mar 27, 2012 | Fantasy, Science (Cosmos, Mind & Psychology of Reading)

It’s awesome when science confirms something you already thought, like that maybe fantasy stories are not bad for you but actually help you function in the real world because they stretch your brain. Researchers at Lancaster University, UK, have completed a...

Humans: the Metaphor Gatherers

by marissa | Jul 14, 2011 | Science (Cosmos, Mind & Psychology of Reading), Science Fiction

Even though I think life and reality is pretty fascinating , I love to go and sit somewhere quiet, all alone, and read a bunch of stuff that is totally made up and often structured in a fairly predictable way. Why is that? What’s so pleasing about reading...
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