This week we chat to Professor Raymond Mar of the MAR Lab (York University, Canada). Raymond is a Professor of psychology and employs personality, social, and cognitive psychology along with neuroscience to study imaginative experiences such as engaging with fictional narratives across different forms of media. We talk all about the effects of narrative on social cognition, some surprising results of his psychology studies, and how this relatively new research area is full of interesting topics to explore.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/shelf-healing/2021/01/26/professor-raymond-mar/ 

Date of episode recording: 2021-01-26T00:00:00Z
Duration: 30:44
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Rebecca Markwick
Guests: Professor Raymond Mar
Producer: Rebecca Markwick (also Editor); Dr Samantha Rayner