Reading: Yours, Mine, Ours: When You And I Share Perspectives
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 09:28
in Mathematics & Economics
While reading a novel, why do we imagine scenes differently -- when do we view the action from an outsider's perspective and when do we place ourselves in the main character's shoes? The results of a new study, reported in Psychological Science, indicate that we use different perspectives, depending on which pronouns are used.