Does a brief exposure to literary fiction improve social ability? Assessing the evidential value of published studies with a p-curve.

2022/10/20 by Joshua A. Quinlan, Jessica K. Padgett, Jessica Padgett +2 · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Media Influence and Health

paper · doi:10.1037/xge0001302

Abstract

-curve indicated that this work does indeed have evidential value but that this conclusion is not very robust. Thus, further experimental work on the causal effect of narrative fiction on social cognitive skills is required before substantial conclusions can be drawn. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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