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It has been suggested that people who read a lot of fiction become more empathic, because fiction is a simulation of social experiences, in which people practice and enhance their interpersonal skills... 0.700

👤 P. Matthijs Bal, Martijn Veltkamp 📋 Research Article 🏷️ Psychology , Empathy , Fiction

Simplified: People reading fiction may become more empathic fiction simulates social experiences

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6 days ago
The study showed that fiction influences empathy of the reader, but only under the condition of low or high emotional transportation into the story. 0.900

👤 P. Matthijs Bal, Martijn Veltkamp 📋 Research Article 🏷️ Reading , Psychology , Empathy , Fiction

Simplified: Fiction influences empathy only under low or high emotional transportation

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6 days ago
These effects were not found for people in the control condition where people read non-fiction. 0.900

👤 P. Matthijs Bal, Martijn Veltkamp 📋 Research Article 🏷️ Reading , Psychology , Empathy , Non-Fiction

Simplified: Effects were not found for people reading non-fiction in the control condition

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6 days ago
No transportation led to lower empathy in both studies, while study 1 showed that high transportation led to higher empathy among fiction readers. 0.900

👤 P. Matthijs Bal, Martijn Veltkamp 📋 Research Article 🏷️ Reading , Psychology , Empathy , Fiction

Simplified: No transportation led to lower empathy in both studies high transportation led to higher empathy in study 1

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6 days ago
Two experiments showed that empathy was influenced over a period of one week for people who read a fictional story, but only when they were emotionally transported into the story. 0.900

👤 P. Matthijs Bal, Martijn Veltkamp 📋 Research Article 🏷️ Reading , Psychology , Empathy , Fiction

Simplified: Empathy was influenced over one week for people reading fiction when emotionally transported

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6 days ago
Research suggests that reading can keep your memory sharp and help you sleep better, and that reading fiction can increase empathy and improve well-being. 0.800

👤 Jancee Dunn 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Memory , Sleep , Empathy , Well-being

Simplified: Reading can keep memory sharp help sleep better reading fiction can increase empathy improve well-being

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6 days ago