."..after reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence — skills that come in especially handy when you are trying to read someone’s body language or gauge what they might be thinking...The researchers say the reason is that literary fiction often leaves more to the imagination, encouraging readers to make inferences about characters and be sensitive to emotional nuance and complexity."
*This part of the article made me think about what I learned in my child developmental psychology. I learned that the female brain has a better connection between the two lopes, making them better at recognizing emotions. I think that since the number of women tested is unknown, there is a possibility that the reason that people were better at identifying emotions is because they were women.
*Since the expository class I'm taking focuses on nonfiction...should the curriculum be changed?
*When I read fiction or nonfiction, I feel sympathy towards the character regardless of the genre of the book.
*In the article it says, "Maybe popular fiction is a way of dealing more with one’s own self, maybe, with one’s own wants, desires, needs.” Does this mean that people who enjoy popular nonfiction are selfish and/or egocentric?
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