A recent study by David Comer Kidd and Emanuele Castano of The New School for Social Research in New York City argues that reading literary fiction (as compared with reading popular fiction, or nothing at all) temporarily enhances one\u27s ability to understand others\u27 mental states and deepens empathy. The study—published in the journal Science in October—grabbed a lot of attention, including a front-page article in The New York Times
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To accept the notion A love of good reading is more likely to be caught than taught, 1 is to contr...
My thesis defends the cognitive value of a close reading of literary fiction which I believe has bee...
This research examines whether children who read in their spare time develop intellectually at a fas...
Recent research shows that the study of fiction books increases empathy, further contributing to the...
Reading fiction, in and of itself, predicts people’s empathy. People who read fiction tend to feel t...
How does reading about fictional characters influence the way we view people in the everyday world? ...
To what extent do children in the early 21st century choose to read for pleasure, for leisure and fo...
Young people who choose to read in their own time benefit markedly from their engagement as readers....
This three-year qualitative study explored the reading of 14 middle graders who self-identified as p...
An essay on the importance of allowing young people to read what they need to read aside from their ...
The benefits of a pleasure reading habit outweigh the dangers that some have stated come with indepe...
Many philosophers have claimed that reading literary fiction makes people more virtuous. This essay ...
This study investigate the pleasure of reading and its components in children aged 8 to 13 by an emp...
This article examines competing models of reading that have been available for librarians to use in...
Reading has always been an important skill for university students in order for them to gain access ...
To accept the notion A love of good reading is more likely to be caught than taught, 1 is to contr...
My thesis defends the cognitive value of a close reading of literary fiction which I believe has bee...
This research examines whether children who read in their spare time develop intellectually at a fas...