Potentiating empathic growth: Generating imagery while reading fiction increases empathy and prosocial behavior.

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  2013

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  Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

• Publication date

  2013-07-31

• Fields of study

  Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/A0033261
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