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Study: Reading fiction improves mental function

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PALO ALTO, Calif.

Research by Stanford professor Joshua Landy finds that fiction books can improve mental skills like rational thinking and abstract thought. Landy says to get the biggest brain boost, linger over passages and contemplate ideas between readings.

He calls it "mental weight-lifting."

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