Science fiction ‘s task is to imagine our future; its secret wish is to invent it. Brackett, while casting himself as a mere psychologist and psychology as a mere medical science, plays with the ...

Fiction reading can be viewed as a considerable factor in the rehabilitation process for persons on sick leave. This is the conclusion of a new interdisciplinary study on sick-listed women’s ...

Scientific American’s staffers may spend their days embedded in real-world science discoveries, but their nights are often ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new government study finds that fiction reading is down, poetry is up and adult Americans are renewing their interest in museums, arts festivals and the performing arts. On Wednesday ...

In a haunting scene from Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling first novel, The Kite Runner, a young Amir watches helplessly as his best friend Hassan gets assaulted. As Amir stands paralyzed on the sidelines ...

MARY C. ZAGULA Cathedral High School "I like reading both types; it all depends on the story. The majority of my favorite books are fiction, but that doesn't mean I enjoy non-fiction, like a good ...

As a psychologist who studies personality development, one of Maja Djikic’s biggest insights about what it means to be human is this: Our optimal state is that of continuous growth. Perhaps by some ...

Ask a liberal arts major about the benefits of reading fiction and they'll regale you with all kinds of nonsense about how it makes you a better person. Ask just about anyone else, and they'll give ...

Numerous studies have shown that reading fiction can make you a better person. And, when you grow up reading fictional books, you discover the best version of yourself. It’s because reading fiction ...

Both former President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg have publicly talked about how they like to regularly kick back with a good work of fiction. Are they just letting off steam after a hard day at their ...