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How to strengthen your willpower
How to overcome temptation and distractions
The role of motivation in willpower
Don't just read literature because it's good for you. Read because it's good.
Reading helps us feel, but it also helps us feel better. Books make us feel less isolated.
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Are we frustrated of sympathetic with Hamlet's reluctance to avenge his father? When we read literature, we compare the main character's actions to what we'd do in a similar situation.
We develop social sensitivity as we practice our ability to take on another's point of v...
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A study showed that participants who read literature had an increase in blood to the brain areas for processing language and in the regions that had nothing to do with processing language.
For example, if you read about running th...
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One study demonstrated that the empathy we feel for characters in a novel could make people less racist.
Even children can improve their opinions about stigmatised groups through reading, as proven in another study using the first Harry Potter book in Italy, a country where immigr...
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Books have context and their words can work better when a certain book has the right time and place. Choosing the right book at the right time is a great way to ensure it is finished. This can also work as a cue for us to pick up a certain book at a specific time or place.
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