Faculty
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Keith Oatley
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Keywords
Cognition and emotion; human/computer interaction; psychology of narrative literature.
Research Interests
My main research is on emotions, including the experience of emotions in everyday settings, using emotion diaries. I also do research on the psychiatric epidemiology of depression and other emotional disorders, and the relation of these disorders to life events and social support. In addition I work on the psychology of fiction, including readers' emotional and other responses to short stories, as well as on cognitive theories of writing and reading literary texts.
Applied/Clinical Interests
Applications of theory and evidence on emotions to clinical psychology and psychiatry; applications of psychological theory to the teaching of English and comparative literature.
Specialty Courses
HDP3230: Understanding Narrative
EDU5531: Teaching Literature: The Perspectives of Writer and Reader
Representative Publications
Oatley, K., & Bolton, W. (1985). A social-cognitive theory of depression in reaction to life events. Psychological Review, 92, 372-388.
Oatley, K. (1992). Best laid schemes: The psychology of emotions. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Oatley, K., & Jenkins, J. M. (1996). Understanding emotions. Cambridge, MA, & Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
Oatley, K. (1999). Why fiction may be twice as true as fact: Fiction as cognitive and emotional simulation. Review of General Psychology, 3, 101-117.