Effects of reading on knowledge, social abilities, and selfhood: Theory and empirical studies

Linguistic Approaches to Literature

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 127-137

  Mar, Raymond ^a   Djikic, Maja ^a   Oatley, Keith ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

empathy; fiction; personality change; reading; simulation; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 85207286840     PISSN: 15693112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/lal.5.12mar     Document Type: Chapter

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