Fiction as dream: models, world-building, simulation
The space-in-between: childhood play as the entrance to fiction
Creativity: imagined worlds
Character, action, incident: mental models of people and their doings
Emotions: scenes in the imagination
Writing fiction: cues for the reader
Effects of fiction: is fiction good for you?
Talking about fiction: interpretation in conversation.
Such stuff as dreams : the psychology of fiction by Keith Oatley. ISBN 9780470974575. Published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.