Maja Djikic
List of John Benjamins publications for which Maja Djikic plays a role.
Articles
2013 Reading other minds: Effects of literature on empathy Scientific Study of Literature 3:1, pp. 28–47 | Article
The potential of literature to increase empathy was investigated in an experiment. Participants (N = 100, 69 women) completed a package of questionnaires that measured lifelong exposure to fiction and nonfiction, personality traits, and affective and cognitive empathy. They read either an essay or… read more
2012 Genre or artistic merit? The effect of literature on personality Scientific Study of Literature 2:1, pp. 25–36 | Article
We tested whether the genre of a literary text (essay as compared with short story) or its artistic merit would be primarily responsible for the variability in the self-perceived personality traits that individuals experience when they read. One hundred participants were randomly assigned to read… read more
2008 Effects of reading on knowledge, social abilities, and selfhood: Theory and empirical studies Directions in Empirical Literary Studies: In honor of Willie van Peer, Zyngier, Sonia, Marisa Bortolussi, Anna Chesnokova and Jan Auracher (eds.), pp. 127–137 | Article
Reading exhibits a principle of expertise: the more one does it the more skilled one is likely to become both in the activity and in content knowledge. Our experiences with text lead to the acquisition of both vocabulary and general knowledge. Research from our group examines how reading can have… read more