Do gaming and reading have a common relationship to empathy and theory of mind?

Auteurs

  • Marina Kotrla Topić Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar / University of Osijek, Croatia

Mots-clés :

Reading, gaming, theory of mind, empathy, Lecture, jouer, théorie de l’esprit, empathie

Résumé

Based on transportation theory, research shows that reading fiction affects empathy. Also, there are studies that show how reading fiction affects theory of mind. In a similar line, some research show that playing non-violent video games that include storytelling may have prosocial benefits and also affects theory of mind. We are therefore interested in further clarification of the relationship between reading and game playing on the one hand and empathy and theory of mind on the other.

 

Basée sur la transportation theory, la recherche montre que la lecture de fiction affecte l’empathie. Il y a également des études démontrant comment la lecture de fiction affecte la théorie de l’esprit. De même certaines recherches montrent que jouer à des jeux-vidéos non-violents avec des éléments narratifs peut favoriser la sociabilité et affecte également la théorie de l’esprit. Nous nous intéressons donc à un éclaircissement complémentaire de la relation entre la lecture et le jeu-vidéo d’un côté et entre l’empathie et la théorie de l’esprit de l’autre côté.

Biographie de l'auteur

Marina Kotrla Topić, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar / University of Osijek, Croatia

 

Marina Kotrla Topić is a research associate at the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health in Osijek, Croatia. Her research interests include theory of mind and young children's use of digital media. Her recent research includes the co-authored paper “Reading Fiction from Paper vs. Screen in Relation to Empathy and Theory of Mind” at the COST E-READ conference Books and Screens and the Reading Brain 2017 in Vilnius and the co-authored article “Reading and company: embodiment and social space in silent reading practices” (2018).


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2019-07-08

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Kotrla Topić, M. (2019). Do gaming and reading have a common relationship to empathy and theory of mind?. Publije, (1). Consulté à l’adresse //revues.univ-lemans.fr/index.php/publije/article/view/128

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