novel effect

josephHarris <joe9438-/[email protected]> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:01:42 +0100

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from today's NYT


        QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"Thank God the research didn't find that novels increased tooth decay or 
blocked up your arteries."

LOUISE ERDRICH 
<http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KUPcT7snurzN09anQA2MM49IhNWGFarU5ELmyM4mDRSgqGOehKNAI9hZW4SZdguEG3iFfaTDrbPWzky7rVE43g82Iy+MSTAOhOs5LaUO6tDdgZMAx3X9qeYSP8r+LN+8TOjiHuy6MZi9CHXFslTeRI1IgiB0rNVZxo=&campaign_id=129&instance_id=32982&segment_id=51158&user_id=c8618f958f2e17f17f034941a19459c6&regi_id=57045411>, 
the novelist, on studies finding that after reading literary fiction 
people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social perception 
and emotional intelligence.