The suggestion is that stories provide subconcious benefits to the listener, even if they are nonsensical and even if the listener is too sleepy to consciously remember them. And there is science to back up this idea:
Fairy stories instruct the subconscious or preconscious mind with important lessons. According to world renowned child psychologist, the late Bruno Bettelheim , children universally recognize the meanings and lessons subconsciously and preconsciously.
I'm trying to wrap my head around this... are the crazy stories curing the mental ails?
ReplyDeleteThe suggestion is that stories provide subconcious benefits to the listener, even if they are nonsensical and even if the listener is too sleepy to consciously remember them. And there is science to back up this idea:
ReplyDeleteFairy stories instruct the subconscious or preconscious mind with important lessons. According to world renowned child psychologist, the late Bruno Bettelheim , children universally recognize the meanings and lessons subconsciously and preconsciously.
Wow, good answer.
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