Reading Fiction Improves Social Abilities


	Reading Fiction Improves Social Abilities

Sheroug

3-30-2008 1:49 PM

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3-30-2008 2:09 PM

carrerinyes

Makes sense to me!

3-31-2008 8:00 PM

tanyamm

Face it reading is the best pasttime in the world.

3-31-2008 10:08 PM

skwirlinator

Reading science fiction improves creative thought and expands imagination

4-1-2008 9:23 AM

Brimstone

Makes perfect sense to me that’s why, when I see someone with shift eyes, I know that that person is a criminal, and use my watch to shoot a laser into their eyes, blinding them before I karate kick them in the temple.

4-1-2008 10:18 AM

bignosemousie

LOL@Brimstone.

4-2-2008 4:21 AM

mcgraf

Reading science fiction improves creative thought and expands imagination

My thoughts exactly! Pop for the clip and opo for the comment

4-2-2008 4:23 AM

mcgraf

I meant pop.

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Mar</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/12/20/those_who_read_fiction_better_at_reading_people.htm">found that people who read narrative fiction often have improved social 
abilities, while for those who read non-fiction, the opposite holds true</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/12/20/those_who_read_fiction_better_at_reading_people.htm">"Stories often force us to empathize with characters who are quite different 
from us, and this ability could help us better understand the many kinds of 
people we come across in the real world."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/12/20/those_who_read_fiction_better_at_reading_people.htm">People who frequently read narrative fiction scored higher on tests of both 
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