As a psychology major and someone whose day job regularly draws on psychological principles (I\u2019m a behavioral therapist for children with special needs), I thought it\u2019d be interesting to do a series of posts examining how the science of the mind might be applied to the world of literature.<\/p>\n
To start things off, I\u2019ll be tackling one of the biggest questions there is: just what is it that makes a story \u201cgood\u201d? From a psychological perspective, that is.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest factors, I\u2019d guess, is memory…<\/p>\n
(Feel free to comment there or here–I’ll be watching both.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a psychology major and someone whose day job regularly draws on psychological principles (I\u2019m a behavioral therapist for children with special needs), I thought it\u2019d be interesting to do a series of posts examining how the science of the … Continue reading