Exploring the link between reading fiction and empathy: Ruling out individual differences and examining outcomes RAYMOND A. MAR, KEITH OATLEY and JORDAN B. PETERSON E-mails: mar@yorku.ca; keith.oatley@utoronto.ca; jordanbpeterson@yahoo.com. Abstract Readers of fiction tend to have better abilities of empathy and theory of mind (Mar et al., 2006). We present a study designed to replicate this findi