Reading literary fiction improves theory of mind

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6156, 2013, Pages 377-380

  Kidd, David Comer ^a   Castano, Emanuele ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMPATHY; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SELF REPORT; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING;

EID: 84885862498     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1239918     Document Type: Article

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