So that's the benefit to reading fiction . . . better memory!

According to Scientific American, reading fiction may help your memory. I'm going to guess that I have read , on average, at least 500 works of fiction per year for the past decade or more (although I have read vastly fewer this year, due to doing more work and studying).

I took the test mentioned at the bottom of the article and did slightly (but just slightly) above average. Over factors could be at work, though; I also do not watch a whole lot of television (just like with fiction, less than I used to) and I don't drink much. I do eat tuna fish a couple times a week, if that counts.