Scientific Study of Literature
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Wolf (2018a) argues that for reading extended prose fiction, for instance in the form of a novel, cognitive patience (CP) is needed. This is the ability to read with focused and sustained attention and delay gratification, without multitasking or skimming over parts of the text (p. 90). CP is a broad and multifaceted concept that has to our knowledge not been operationalized or empirically examined. In her explication of its meaning, Wolf references the effortful persistence psychologist Ange...| Scientific Study of Literature
