Oatley, Keith

Towards a Cognitive Theory of Emotions

Oatley, K., & Johnson-laird, P. N. (1987) · Cognition & Emotion

Emotions and Moral BehaviorPsychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience

Cited by 1,751

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 language of emotions: An analysis of a semantic field

Johnson-laird, P. N., & Oatley, K. (1989) · Cognition & Emotion

Categorization, perception, and languagelinguistics and terminology studies

Cited by 736

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

Why Fiction May be Twice as True as Fact: Fiction as Cognitive and Emotional Simulation

Oatley, K. (1999) · Review of General Psychology

Narrative Theory and AnalysisEthics, Aesthetics, and Art

Cited by 585

A taxonomy of the emotions of literary response and a theory of identification in fictional narrative

Oatley, K. (1995) · Poetics

Narrative Theory and AnalysisLiterary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics

Cited by 555

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

Fiction: Simulation of Social Worlds

Oatley, K. (2016) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Narrative Theory and AnalysisMedia Influence and Health

Cited by 461

Meetings of minds: Dialogue, sympathy, and identification, in reading fiction

Oatley, K. (1999) · Poetics

Narrative Theory and AnalysisRussian Literature and Bakhtin Studies

Cited by 332

On Being Moved by Art: How Reading Fiction Transforms the Self

Djikic, M., Oatley, K., Zoeterman, S., & Peterson, J. B. (2009) · Creativity Research Journal

Aesthetic Perception and AnalysisMedia Influence and Health

Cited by 233

Reading other minds: Effects of literature on empathy

Djikic, M., Oatley, K., & Moldoveanu, M. C. (2013) · Scientific Study of Literature

Empathy and Medical EducationMedia Influence and Health

Cited by 187

The art in fiction: From indirect communication to changes of the self.

Djikic, M., & Oatley, K. (2014) · Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Narrative Theory and AnalysisMedia Influence and Health

Cited by 114

The cognitive science of fiction

Oatley, K. (2012) · WIREs Cognitive Science

Narrative Theory and AnalysisMedia Influence and Health

Cited by 77

Genre or artistic merit?: The effect of literature on personality

Djikic, M., Oatley, K., & Carland, M. (2012) · Scientific Study of Literature

Aesthetic Perception and AnalysisPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 42

Emotional Abuse as a Precipitating Factor for Depression in Women

Ali, A., Oatley, K., & Toner, B. B. (1999) · Journal of Emotional Abuse

Child Abuse and TraumaIntimate Partner and Family Violence

Cited by 32