01/10/2011

Reading affects your personality

"Burying your head in a novel isn't just a way to escape the world: psychologists are increasingly finding that reading can affect our personalities.


The current research suggests that books give readers more than an opportunity to tune out and submerge themselves in fantasy worlds. Books provide the opportunity for social connection and the blissful calm that comes from becoming a part of something larger than oneself for a precious, fleeting moment."


The "study definitely points to reading fulfilling a fundamental need – the need for social connection."


More: http://m.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/07/reading-fiction-empathy-study?cat=books&type=article

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