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The study of fiction has made meaningful contributions to psychology

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SUPPORTED

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Empirical and experimental research demonstrates that engaging with fiction enhances psychological capacities such as theory of mind, empathy, and social-emotional development.

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On literary fiction and its effects on theory of mind

2016 · cited by 41

Paper [0] provides empirical and experimental evidence that reading literary fiction improves complex sociocognitive abilities such as theory of mind.

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Reading fiction is good for children's cognitive, emotional and social development

2019 · cited by 3

Paper [1] discusses how cognitive criticism and empirical studies confirm that reading fiction benefits social, emotional, and cognitive development.

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first checked01 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 8501 Aug 2026

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