In his neurological study of fiction’s impact, Angus Fletcher looks at various literary elements.
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Lit & Nature Light Up Same Parts of Brain
The brain doesn’t distinguish between reading about something and actually experiencing it. This has interesting implications for lit.
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Read to Increase Your Empathy
Tuesday My entrepreneur son alerted me to a Jessica Stillman article in The Cut about the latest scientific study proving that “Reading Fiction Really Will Make You Nicer and More Empathetic.” “We already knew this to be true, but here’s a business article to confirm it,” he remarked. Darien certainly knows. This is a man […]
Plato Anxious about Lit’s Pyschic Impact
Plato’s complaints about literature show up in censorship battles today. They testify to power of literature to invite imitation.
Close Reading Leads to Superior People
Recent brain search gives more evidence on the vital necessity of reading literature.
