For many years, researchers(try) to find out the magic of reading. According to an article in Scientific American, researchers have found evidence that literary fiction improves a reader's ability to understandothers are thinking about. Andarticle further argues that literary fiction can teach us values about social behavior, such as the importance of understanding those who are different from ourselves. The results of this study suggest people who love reading can(well) put themselves in someone else's shoes.