Daydreams and the Function of Fantasy

M. Regis

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
25 September 2013

Philosophy of mind; Popular culture; Psychology: emotions; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Sleep & dreams

This book seeks to re-define the role of fantasy in human life by overturning mainstream psychology's understanding of daydreams as being task-distracted mind wandering by proposing that all waking fantasies function to transform mood states into specific emotional reactions.

By: M. Regis
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 4.581kg
ISBN: 9781137300768
ISBN 10: 1137300760
Pages: 273
Publication Date: 25 September 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Obsessive Fans and Daydreaming Computers - A New Model of Daydreaming 2. Empirical Studies on Daydreaming 3. The Major Models of Daydreaming 4. Frequent Daydreaming Populations and Systems of Fantasy Immersion 5. The Inner Workings of Fantasy: Daydreams as Natural Advertisements 6. Celebrity Worship and Fantasy Immersion 7. Escapes into Fiction: Violent Sexual Fantasy, Magical Reversal and Human Sexuality 8. The Origins of Daydreaming: Self-Soothing Practices in Early Childhood 9. General Conclusions

Meta Regis is an English teacher at Stella Maris College, Australia. She received her PhD from Macquarie University, Australia in 2006 and was previously a Tutor in Philosophy and Seminar Leader in Psychology at Macquarie.