Can Reading a Fictional Story Make You More Empathetic?

Neuroscientists have discovered that reading “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” lights up the same brain regions that would be involved in watching someone else moving—or flying on a broom—in the real world. Reading fiction can make the reader more empathetic by activating the brain regions associated with another person's life experience.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Child Development Cognition Neuroscience Parenting Source Type: news