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12. Whoopee! Best news in a long time. Now I have an excuse . . . . .

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 05:02 PM

Dec 2013

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Brain function 'boosted for days after reading a novel' [View all] RainDog Dec 2013 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #1

... RainDog Dec 2013 #2

.. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #3

You too! n/t RainDog Dec 2013 #4

Kicked and Reccomended. stage left Dec 2013 #5

In related news thelordofhell Dec 2013 #6

*snort* Oscarmonster13 Dec 2013 #8

absolutely RainDog Dec 2013 #9

very cool Oscarmonster13 Dec 2013 #7

it's a small sample size RainDog Dec 2013 #10

Book hangover. Ha! Control-Z Dec 2013 #21

Now we understand the mechanics behind that phenomenon known as Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #11

Whoopee! Best news in a long time. Now I have an excuse . . . . . JDPriestly Dec 2013 #12

LOL. One can only imagine! nt Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #14

Hot media like radio & fiction involve the mind, unlike cool media like TV Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #15

He was really perceptive RainDog Dec 2013 #25

You should cross-post this to the fiction group. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #16

would you do it? thanks n/t RainDog Dec 2013 #22

I read a shit-ton of sci-fi novels as a kid and now I'm a scientist. DetlefK Dec 2013 #17

Good news for me...... llmart Dec 2013 #18

Works on dogs too. ErikJ Dec 2013 #19

Does anyone believe that the same happens with TV or Movies? bvar22 Dec 2013 #20

More, from Scientific American ... Scuba Dec 2013 #23

That one is interesting RainDog Dec 2013 #24

I'm guessing that when they say "genre fiction" they mean Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #26

I think the particular writer in a genre would matter RainDog Dec 2013 #27