Cognitive effects and correlates of reading fiction: Two preregistered multilevel meta-analyses.
Lena Wimmer,
Gregory Currie,
Stacie Friend
et al.
Abstract:Despite significantly increasing research efforts, the psychological effects of reading fiction remain under debate. We present two preregistered meta-analyses synthesizing cognitive effects and correlates of reading fiction. In Meta-Analysis 1 (371 effect sizes/70 experiments), reading fiction led to significant small-sized cognitive benefits, g = 0.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) [0.06, 0.21]. This effect of fiction reading was moderated by the comparison group (effects were greater when reading fiction was… Show more
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