Is there a connection between reading #fiction and understanding other people? #Listenback: http://t.co/CUuNRpR
Reading fiction really is good for you, according to Prof Emeritus Keith Oakley on R4 Today programme http://bbc.in/pI5Bnm
Heard evidence on BBC Radio4 this morning suggesting that #reading #fiction is good for you http://bbc.in/pI5Bnm
Prof Keith Oatley: fiction helps you cope with life via shared expnce. So how important is Biblical narrative to char'r? http://t.co/BRf9Tkd
RT @stevenha11: RT @David_Heb: Scientific evidence for what we all knew... RT @Sarah_Crown Look! Reading IS good for you. Fact. http://bbc.in/pwaSn9
Actually, the research at Toronto University specifically applies to reading fiction. It helps you through life: http://t.co/vhQZJJt
Excuse for more reading RT @Psych_Writer: Psychologist Keith Oatley on @r4today- reading fiction improves theory of mind: http://ow.ly/5yCiI
Reading fiction helps you understand people (audio clip from @r4today) http://ow.ly/5yCiI /via @ResearchDigest
Keith Oatley, author of 'Such Stuff as Dreams' (http://bit.ly/p7ba5e ) on @BBCr4today this morning http://bbc.in/qq5zNn
Keith Oatley on #todayprogramme saying reading fiction is good for you. It's now official (and true): http://t.co/KeZGIdx
so reading really is good for you! - http://bbc.in/pI5Bnm - doesn't bode well for 11 yr old I met last night who said she 'hates reading'
