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The article examines how reading Pride and Prejudice may negatively influence readers' social cognition through cognitive biases.

June 13, 2026Poetics Today

Dangerous Fictions: Cognitive Biases and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

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The article examines how reading Pride and Prejudice may negatively influence readers' social cognition through cognitive biases.
Analyzes character descriptions in Pride and Prejudice to identify biases in social mind reading.
Incorporates research from social psychology and social neuroscience to support claims.
Identifies potential negative impacts of fiction on social cognition due to biased character portrayals.
Concludes that the literary community should reconsider the assumed benefits of reading fiction.

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This article analyzes negative social impacts of fiction through biases in social cognition in readers of Pride and Prejudice, suggesting a reevaluation of its benefits.

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Claudia Carroll (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2cf41ffaef96ed7f05695f https://doi.org/10.1215/03335372-12301758

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This article analyzes negative social impacts of fiction through biases in social cognition in readers of Pride and Prejudice, suggesting a reevaluation of its benefits.

Dangerous Fictions: Cognitive Biases and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

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Dangerous Fictions: Cognitive Biases and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

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