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How Reading Transforms Us
- maigret 12y agoI wonder if this applies to movies and other medias in the same way as well.
- pwr22 12y agoI'm also wondering if the effect persists
- sarreph 12y agoThis findings are clearly interesting in many aspects. However, I fail to see (please correct me) how the authors of the research can jump to the conclusion that changes in perceived personality == reading makes us think about ourselves — Surely there are other, reasonable explanations that don't make such a logical leap... Such as, the literature is such a powerful force on our emotions that it changes the way we feel (not how we view ourselves) for some time afterwards. I find the 'how we view ourselves' point far too philosophical.
- lentil_soup 12y agoI'm curious about the tests to measure our emotions. What kind of test is it that can measure an emotional change before and after reading a story, which I guess takes 20min to read. Do they ask the same questions?. Anyone know more about this?
- VLM 12y agoI've often thought that an interesting use of facial recognition would be a component of phone UI. So if I get a call and the phone sees my face looks angry when I see the caller ID, it autoroutes to voicemail.