One-Sided Relationships And The Imagination : NPR

Secret Friends: Tapping Into The Power Of Imagination Enlarge this image japatino/Getty Images japatino/Getty Images As a kid, Megan Lincoln had a secret: she heard the voice of Cher in her head. Sponsor Message Psychologists sometimes refer to such emotional connections as parasocial relationships —one-way relationships. Additional Resources: "'Lord, Teach Us to Pray': Prayer Practice Affects Cognitive Processing," by T.M. Luhrmann, Howard Nusbaum and Ronald Thisted in Journal of Cognition and Culture, 2013 When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God, by T.M.