Yet, researchers have been curious about whether discerning the inner worlds of made-up characters translates to an enhanced capacity to comprehend people in real life. Previous work revealed that ...

Several international studies have examined how regular reading affects people over time, particularly as populations age. According to a 14-year study from 2020 published in International ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...