For the study, researchers set up a series of five experiments in which participants read either literary fiction, popular fiction, nonfiction or nothing at all before taking some standard tests.

在这项研究中，研究人员设置了一系列的5个实验，参与者在参加一些标准测试之前，要么阅读文学小说、流行小说、非小说的散文文学，要么什么都不读。

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But he added that the overall research in this area is "still in its infancy" and one key question is whether literary fiction really is better than other fiction.

但他补充说，该领域的整体研究“仍处于起步阶段”，一个关键问题是，文学小说是否真的比其他小说更好。

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Fiction, especially science fiction, is full of magical force fields. In 2006, scientists at the University of Florida were researching a particularly strong force field on a molecular level.

幻想小说，尤其是科幻小说，常常描绘了许多神奇的力场。在2006年，佛罗里达大学的科学家们正致力于分子水平上的特殊力场研究。

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For example, he begins by borrowing the Russian formalist distinction in trying to explain what fiction is between plot and story.

举个例子，他开篇在解释那种文体介于情节和故事之间时,借用了俄国结构主义的特点。

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It had been my accidental reading of fiction and literary criticism that had invoked in me vague glimpses of life's possibilities.

我偶尔会读小说和文学评述,这让我隐约地窥探到,生活的可能性，“

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They do no work in advancing an argument, and their use in fiction represents a capitulation in the face of the tide of vulgarity that cheapens and defaces the public space.

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The Cardiff-born writer will be the guest of honour at Aberystwyth Arts Centre to take part in the Rich Text Festival, which is a showcase for new fiction in Wales.

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