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February 1, 2009 10:58 AM

Bridget Jones can improve your love life

BridgetWell, kind of. According to a recent study by psychologists in Washington University, getting lost in fictional adventures of heroines such as Bridget Jones could help make us better at dealing with similar real-life situations. (Anyone for big knickers?)
 
Okay, so if we didn't follow Bridget's adventures religiously anyway, now's the time we did. Apparently.
 
Jeffrey Zacks, who co-authored the study, said: "There has been good evidence for a while that mental simulation - imagination - can improve performance in sport and other skilled behaviours. This study suggests that readers do mental simulation when they comprehend a story. It could well be that the simulations we perform when reading function like skilled practice. I was reading a cooking magazine last night, and I certainly hope that helps me get better with a whisk."
 
So does this mean we now have a bit more hard evidence to present to the chick-lit haters of the world? Your thoughts, please...
 
To check out the full Guardian article, click here.

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Posted by Elle Symonds on February 1, 2009 | Permalink

Comments

For once it is nice to see an article that doesn't bash chick lit or romance as the cause for relationship doom! So often lovers of these genres are told we are setting our expectations for love, life, etc to unrealistic standards because we read fanciful stories of romantic heroes sweeping their heroines off their feet and living happliy every after. It is clear to me that these people haven't read anything by Marian Keyes!

Posted by: Lucie Simone | February 2, 2009 7:26 PM

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