Nonfiction vs Fiction (different psychological benefits)

Описание: Is fiction a waste of time? No, because fiction and nonfiction have different psychological benefits--fiction is mostly beneficial to social cognition, while nonfiction is more information dense.

Comment your thoughts and whether you prefer fiction or nonfiction below!

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Chapters
00:00 Is fiction a waste of time?
00:49 Defining "fiction" and "nonfiction"
01:08 Summary of benefits (+sources of information)
01:40 Introduction + the goal of this channel
02:16 #1 Nonfiction = more informative
02:48 Caveat: Confirmation Bias + definition
03:20 Caveat: Fiction can also be infomrative
03:44 #2 Fiction = benefits to social cognition
05:00 Fiction increases emoional empathy
05:54 Fiction increases mentalizing ability
06:44 #3 Nonficiton = the world, Fiction = your place in it
07:44 Which should you read more of?
08:11 What do you think? Fiction or nonfiction/
08:31 Detailed summary
09:21 Other benefits of reading?
10:00 Connnect with Sense of Mind!

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Relevant Articles:
1. Jacobs, A. M., & Willems, R. M. (2018). The fictive brain: neurocognitive correlates of engagement in literature. Review of General Psychology, 22(2), 147-160. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full...

2. Oatley, K. (2016). Fiction: Simulation of social worlds. Trends in cognitive sciences, 20(8), 618-628.
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