Perceiving and experiencing fictional characters: An integrative account

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 250-268

  Hoorn, Johan F ^a   Koinijn, Elly A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Fiction; Involvement; Media; Motion pictures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142041401     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00225     Document Type: Article

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