Mar, Raymond A.

The common neural basis of autobiographical memory, prospection, navigation, theory of mind, and the default mode: a quantitative meta-analysis

Spreng, R. N., Mar, R. A., & Kim, A. S. N. (2009) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Memory Processes and InfluencesMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 2,143

The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience

Mar, R. A., & Oatley, K. (2008) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Media Influence and HealthNarrative Theory and Analysis

Cited by 1,345

The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire: scale development and initial validation of a factor-analytic solution to multiple empathy measures

Spreng*, R. N., McKinnon*, M. C., Mar, R. A., & Levine, B. (2009) · Journal of Personality Assessment

Empathy and Medical EducationPsychometric Methodologies and Testing

Cited by 1,161

The Neural Bases of Social Cognition and Story Comprehension

Mar, R. A. (2011) · Annual Review of Psychology

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentAction Observation and Synchronization

Cited by 950

Bookworms versus nerds: Exposure to fiction versus non-fiction, divergent associations with social ability, and the simulation of fictional social worlds

Mar, R. A., Oatley, K., Hirsh, J., dela Paz, J., & Peterson, J. B. (2006) · Journal of Research in Personality

Media Influence and HealthLiteracy and Educational Practices

Cited by 614

Psychological entropy: a framework for understanding uncertainty-related anxiety

Hirsh, J. B., Mar, R. A., & Peterson, J. B. (2012) · Psychological Review

Embodied and Extended CognitionAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Cited by 606

Exploring the link between reading fiction and empathy: Ruling out individual differences and examining outcomes

Mar, R. A., Oatley, K., & Peterson, J. B. (2009) · COMM

Media Influence and HealthEmpathy and Medical Education

Cited by 552

Imagine all the people: how the brain creates and uses personality models to predict behavior

Hassabis, D., Spreng, R. N., Rusu, A. A., Robbins, C. A., Mar, R. A., & Schacter, D. L. (2014) · Cerebral Cortex

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesFace Recognition and Perception

Cited by 247

Memory and comprehension of narrative versus expository texts: A meta-analysis

Mar, R. A., Li, J., Nguyen, A. T. P., & Ta, C. P. (2021) · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Memory Processes and InfluencesMedia Influence and Health

Cited by 175

What you read matters: The role of fiction genre in predicting interpersonal sensitivity.

Fong, K., Mullin, J. B., & Mar, R. A. (2013) · Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Media Influence and HealthLiteracy and Educational Practices

Cited by 133

How daydreaming relates to life satisfaction, loneliness, and social support: The importance of gender and daydream content

Mar, R. A., Mason, M. F., & Litvack, A. (2012) · Consciousness and Cognition

Mind wandering and attentionPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 126

Stories and the Promotion of Social Cognition

Mar, R. A. (2018) · Current Directions in Psychological Science

Media Influence and HealthChild and Animal Learning Development

Cited by 112

Evaluating whether stories can promote social cognition: Introducing the Social Processes and Content Entrained by Narrative (SPaCEN) framework

Mar, R. A. (2018) · Discourse Processes

Media Influence and HealthChild and Animal Learning Development

Cited by 108

Lost in localization: The need for a universal coordinate database

Derrfuss, J., & Mar, R. A. (2009) · NeuroImage

Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesResearch Data Management Practices

Cited by 83

Narrative Fiction and Expository Nonfiction Differentially Predict Verbal Ability

Mar, R. A., & Rain, M. (2015) · Scientific Studies of Reading

Reading and Literacy DevelopmentLiteracy and Educational Practices

Cited by 72

Absorption in narrative fiction and its possible impact on social abilities

Calarco, N., Fong, K., Rain, M., & Mar, R. A. (2017) · Linguistic Approaches to Literature

Media Influence and HealthNarrative Theory and Analysis

Cited by 47

Adolescent leisure reading and its longitudinal association with prosocial behavior and social adjustment

Lenhart, J., Richter, T., Appel, M., & Mar, R. A. (2023) · Scientific Reports

Literacy and Educational PracticesThemes in Literature Analysis

Cited by 29

What's Your Pleasure? Exploring the Predictors of Leisure Reading for Fiction and Nonfiction

Martin-Chang, S., Kozak, S., Levesque, K., Calarco, N., & Mar, R. A. (2020)

Literacy and Educational PracticesReading and Literacy Development

Cited by 1