Reading Your Way to Better Social Skills

For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov. (The New York Times, 10/2/2013)

Excerpt:   It found that after reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence — skills that come in especially handy when you are trying to read someone’s body language or gauge what they might be thinking.

Good Reads:  Literary Fiction.