The Bookworm Benefit: Why Fiction Readers Have Better Emotional Intelligence
David Foster Wallace famously said that serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader “imaginative access to other selves.” In other words, reading fiction allows us to see the world through different lenses and perspectives, a well-known ability of the emotionally intelligent. Yet each new year brings a fresh wave of emotional intelligence reading lists […] The post The Bookworm Benefit: Why Fiction Readers Have Better Emotional Intelligence appeared first on Unite News.
David Foster Wallace famously said that serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader “imaginative access to other selves.” In other words, reading fiction allows us to see the world through different lenses and perspectives, a well-known ability of the emotionally intelligent. Yet each new year brings a fresh wave of emotional intelligence reading lists […]
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