Is reading fiction associated with a higher mind-reading ability? Two conceptual replication studies in Japan

• Yuka Takahashi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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• Toshiyuki Himichi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Center for Future Design, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, Japan

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• Ayumi Masuchi,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Business Administration, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Daisuke Nakanishi,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Hiroshima Shudo University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5365-6957

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• Yohsuke Ohtsubo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: yohtsubo@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  Affiliation Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2074-0244

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