阅读文学小说可以改善思想理论
David Comer Kidd1, Emanuele Castano
1The New School for Social Research, 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, USA.
概括
阅读文学小说增强了成年人的思想理论 (ToM),即理解他人的心理状态的能力. 这项对于社会互动至关重要的技能,在与文学小说相比,与非小说或流行小说相比,在参与文学小说后得到了改善.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 社会神经科学是一种社会神经科学.
背景情况:
- 人类的社会关系取决于理解他人的心理状态,这种技能被称为心智理论 (ToM).
- 对成年人ToM促进因素的研究是有限的.
- 文学小说对ToM的潜在影响在很大程度上仍未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查阅读文学小说是否可以提高成年人的思维理论 (ToM).
- 为了比较文学小说与非小说和流行小说对ToM表现的影响.
- 探索艺术参与对ToM的更广泛影响.
主要方法:
- 为了评估ToM的性能,进行了五项实验.
- 参与者被分配阅读文学小说,非小说,流行小说,或从事没有阅读.
- 使用情感和认知TOM测试来测量表现.
主要成果:
- 在所有实验中,阅读文学小说显著改善了情感ToM测试的表现.
- 在第4和第5实验中,认知ToM测试显示在阅读文学小说后的表现有所提高.
- 与非小说,流行小说或没有阅读相比,文学小说对ToM的好处更大.
结论:
- 文学小说暂时增强成年人的情感和认知思维理论.
- 与文学艺术的接触可能是开发和改进ToM的一个重要因素.
- 研究结果表明,艺术参与与复杂的社会认知之间存在联系.
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