Get Up And Do Something: Getting lost in a novel means you're more empathetic

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Getting lost in a novel means you're more empathetic Feb 14th 2013, 11:45 While reading "Life of Pi," a reader might feel as if she is Pi, staring down the Bengal tiger, Richard Parker, on a small life raft, wondering when Richard might make a snack of her. If that sounds like the way you read fiction -- losing yourself in the story rather than simply reading it -- new research suggests you're more likely to be empathetic. "I am a book lover, and for a long time I have been thinking about how books (and films) could influence our lives," explains Matthijs Bal, an associate professor of organizational behavior at VU University in Amsterdam, via email. "I started with my basic idea that reading books might enhance our understanding of other people."

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