Researchers say there’s yet another reason to add to the list of why reading is beneficial and necessary for young minds: it creates empathy.
“Researchers at Emory University in Atlanta, US, say that fiction tricks our brains into thinking we are part of the story. The empathy we feel for characters wires our brains to have the same sensitivity towards real people,” according to TheGuardian.com.
A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist.”Tolstoy puts forth a sentiment Susan Sontag would come to echo decades later in asserting that “art is a form of consciousness,…
Loving care may be the best antidote to callous behavior in young children.When parents act warmly and responsively toward young children who exhibit antisocial behavior, the children begin acting more warmly too.That’s according t…
Once a week I visit a local senior center (am I still allowed to call them nursing homes?) and I lead a Bible study and hymn sing. A handful of older ladies attend. They enjoy the time we spend together, and I enjoy it as well. I do ask myself every so…
According to a group of scientists from the Case Western Reserve University and Babson University, there is a clear demarcation between the parts of the brain utilized for religious belief and critical thinking. The study found that people who are more…
