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Books are good for your brain. But fiction has a surprising added benefit.

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Books are good for your brain. But fiction has a surprising added benefit.

Reading in general - newspapers, magazines, nonfiction books - has been linked to slower rates of cognitive decline in older adults and even longer lives.

But reading fiction may have unique benefits.

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