Researchers at the New School for Social Research in New York have determined that reading literary fiction — books that have literary merit and don't fit into a genre — enhances what scientists call «Theory of Mind (ToM), or an ability to understand the mental states of others. (inc.com)
In addition to secure attachments, children with mind - minded parents are also more likely to show advanced reasoning about the mental states of other people — what psychologists call «theory of mind» skills. (parentingscience.com)
While most blind adults develop a mature theory of mind, it wasn't clear whether they used the same parts of their brain as sighted people do to reason about the mental states of others. (newscientist.com)