Transportation into a story increases empathy, prosocial behavior, and perceptual bias toward fearful expressions

By D. Johnson. 2012

286 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/b9c726989a25cd53954b8d92b7e8000e148454a6

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In Literature and Literary Theory

1. E. Koopman
2. Maja Djikic
3. Mihnea C. Moldoveanu
4. Keith Oatley
5. Raymond A. Mar
6. Jessica E. Black
7. J. Barnes
8. D. McAdams

In Social Psychology

1. E. Koopman
2. Keith Oatley
3. Maja Djikic
4. Raymond A. Mar
5. D. McAdams

In Sociology and Political Science

1. E. Koopman
2. Keith Oatley
3. Maja Djikic
4. Jessica E. Black
5. J. Barnes
6. Raymond A. Mar

Citations in the corpus

• Reading other minds: Effects of literature on empathy (2013, background): “In a study that is very useful in this line of thinking Johnson (2012) asked participants to read a short story written to promote empathy and to exemplify pro-social behavior.”
• Empathic reactions after reading: The role of genre, personal factors and affective responses (2015, methodology): “Studies using other measures of empathy than the RMET, like self-reported empathy, empathic attitudes or pro-social behavior, suggest a crucial role for personality variables and affective responses while reading (e.g., Bal and Veltkamp, 2013; Johnson, 2012, 2013).”