… the study gave undergraduates various stories to read and observed their reactions. In one example, students were given stories about voting, with the result that "people who strongly identified with a fictional character who overcame obstacles to vote were significantly more likely to vote in a real election several days later".
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Possession …
… Can a fictional character take you over? | Books | guardian.co.uk. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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I recall one of S.J. Perlman's "Cloudland Revisited" pieces on the effects of reading Eleanor Glyn's Three Weeks; fortunately his family could draw on the lessons learned during his earlier identification with the Count of Monte Cristo.
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