Age: age in years Gen: gender (0 = female / 1 = male / 2 = not specified / 3 = non-binary) Edu: educational level (1 = GCSE or Equivalent and Vocational / 2 = A level / 3 = Bachelor’s degree / 4 = Master’s degree / 5 = Doctoral) fiction: total number of fiction authors selected in ART-G nonfiction: total number of nonfiction authors selected in ART-G ARTtotal: total number of authors selected minus number of foil items checked in ART-G IRI: total score on the IRI-F IRIcat: NT category (0 = low, 1 = moderate, 3 = high) CTD: total score on CTD scale CTDcat: CTD category (0 = low, 1 = moderately low, 2 = moderately high, 3 = high) EOaM: mean score for absolutism on the JCI EOmM: mean score for multiplism on the JCI EOeM: mean score for evaluativism on the JCI EOcat: EO category (1 = absolutist / 2 = multiplist / 3 = evaluativist) Scales used: IRI-F: Davis, M. H. (1983). Measuring individual differences in empathy: Evidence for a multidimensional approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44(1), 113–126. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.44.1.113 ART-G: Mar, R. A., & Rain, M. (2015). Narrative fiction and expository nonfiction differentially predict verbal ability. Scientific Studies of Reading, 19(6), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2015.1069296 CTDS: Sosu, E. M. (2013). The development and psychometric validation of a Critical Thinking Disposition Scale. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 9, 107–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2012.09.002 JCI: McGinnis, D. (2016). Epistemological orientations and evidence evaluation in undergraduates. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 19, 279–289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2016.01.002