— When Frankenstein, by the aid of his enormous scientific knowledge and by an almost superhuman patience, had formed his monster and evoked the life-principle from its marvelously adjusted parts, he ...

Here’s what an intense desire for a fictional character looks like. Fictophilia, fictosexuality and fictoromance refer to the intense and enduring emotional attachment, love, infatuation or desire ...

We tend to think that fiction authors just dream up characters out of nowhere. But writers often get their ideas from everyday life, and, being great observers, they often turn people they know or ...

TOKYO -- In almost every way, Akihiko Kondo is an ordinary Japanese man. He's pleasant and easy to talk to. He has friends and a steady job and wears a suit and tie to work. There's just one exception ...

If you count yourself among those who lose themselves in the lives of fictional characters, scientists now have a better idea of how that happens. Researchers found that the more immersed people tend ...