From the text, "Writing, Reading Can Help People to Feel Better and Heal," which sentence from the article BEST explains the benefits of reading and writing? Recently, doctors and psychologists - who study the mind – have begun looking at the health effects of reading and writing. With children, however, it's important to discuss what they are reading. Those conversations help them to understand the story and empathize with its characters. Because when people are reading fiction, they are imagining what it is like to be in these stories, Mar says. People who read stories are better at sharing and understanding other people's feelings.​