Empathy vs. Emotional Contagion (Reading, Emotion, & Real Life)

​‪@fourcornersofthepage‬ joins me to discuss how our reading experiences translate to empathy, emotional contagion, or altruism. Watch our first discussion about Book Difficulty:    • Book Difficulty: Are We Making the Convers...   Watch our second discussion: Music in fantasy: it’s not one-note!    • Music in fantasy: it’s not one-note!   Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:40 Does reading make you empathetic? 2:37 Types of Empathy 13:18 How rushing affects empathy 15:58 Empathy and reading outcomes 20:20 Emotional contagion 31:49 Emotional contagion vs empathy 35:05 Rereading and analysis 37:30 Themes and emotion 40:20 Slowing down 44:53 Journaling and reflection 48:07 Suppressed emotions 53:49 A Monster Calls (Spoilers) 56:40 Closing thoughts FIRESIDE DISCORD:   / discord