How does fiction reading influence empathy? An experimental investigation on the role of emotional transportation.
The current study investigated whether fiction experiences change empathy of the reader. Based on transportation theory, it was predicted that when people read fiction, and they are emotionally transported into the story, they become more empathic. Two experiments showed that empathy was influenced...
Main Authors: | P Matthijs Bal, Martijn Veltkamp |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559433?pdf=render |
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