“You enter the thoughts, heart and mind of another person who’s not like you, and it really does break down barriers,” said Dr. People who read literary fiction performed better on tests of empathy and emotional intelligence afterward. Reading literary fiction requires people to enter characters’ lives and minds – and by doing so, it increases people’s capacity to understand other people’s thoughts and feelings, researchers at the New School have found.
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