fictionalThinkrelated
fictionalThinkrelated is a term used in literary and media criticism to describe the study of how fictional content interacts with cognitive processes in readers and within the fictional world itself. It focuses on how narrative form, structure, and devices stimulate, reflect, or manipulate thinking, memory, and problem-solving.
Its etymology reflects a blend of "fictional" and "think-related" and appears in discussions of metafiction and
Applications of fictionalThinkrelated include analysis of unreliable narration, puzzle-driven plots, and frame stories that invite readers
In-universe, fictionalThinkrelated may describe scholarly fields, think tanks, or disciplinary debates that claim to study cognition
Critics note that the term can be broad or overlapping with established ideas such as metafiction, cognitive
See also: metafiction, cognitive narratology, metacognition.