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shared by Leslie Healey on 18 Mar 12 - No Cached

Stories,
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stimulate the brain and even change how we act in life.
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nterprets written words. What scientists have come to realize in the last few years is that narratives activate many other parts of our brains as well, suggesting why the experience of reading can feel so alive.
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The brain, it seems, does not make much of a distinction between reading about an experience and encountering it in real life; in each case, the same neurological regions are stimulated.
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The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life.
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substantial overlap in the brain networks used to understand stories and the networks used to navigate interactions with other individuals
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“theory of mind
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other people’s intenti
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comparing a plucky young woman to Elizabeth Bennet or a tiresome pedant to Edward Casaubon. Reading great literature, it has long been averred, enlarges and improves us as human beings. Brain science shows this claim is truer than we imagined.
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