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ArticleBrain sciences2021

The Paradox of Fiction Revisited-Improvised Fictional and Real-Life Social Rejections Evoke Associated and Relatively Similar Psychophysiological Responses.

Sirke Seppänen, Tapio Toivanen, Tommi Makkonen, Iiro P Jääskeläinen, Kaisa Tiippana

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Article in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Memory of Fictional Information: A Theoretical Framework.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025
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Sirke SeppänenFaculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 8, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Tapio ToivanenFaculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 8, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Tommi MakkonenCognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 21, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3955-5199
Iiro P JääskeläinenBrain and Mind Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland.
Kaisa TiippanaDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 21, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.

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Government of the Russian Federation #075-15-2019-1930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Theatre-based practices, such as improvisation, are frequently applied to simulate everyday social interactions. Although the improvisational context is acknowledged as fictional, realistic emotions may emerge, a phenomenon labelled the 'paradox of fiction'. This study investigated how manipulating the context (real-life versus fictional) modulates psychophysiological reactivity to social rejection during dyadic interactions. We measured psychophysiological responses elicited during real-life (interview) and fictional (improvisation exercises) social rejections. We analysed the heart rate (HR), skin conductance, facial muscle activity, and electrocortical activity (electroencephalographic (EEG) alpha asymmetry) of student teachers (

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experiential learningimprovisationparadox of fictionsocial interactionsocial rejectiontheatre-based practices

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