Story is powerful
Can Watching Movies Rewire Your Brain?
Revealing new Stanford research finds that when people lose themselves in a story, they become more empathetic.
The study is a test of what psychologists call “narrative transportation,” the idea that when people lose themselves in a story, their attitudes change. It’s the academic version of the frequently shared Roger Ebert quote in which he called movies “a machine that generates empathy,”
By Rebecca Keegan
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/movies-stanford-research-1236042063/
i found an article on his theory of catharsis as purification and strengthening.
https://haaconline.org.in/attendence/classnotes/files/1627756243.pdf