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185 Jennifer Latson - A True Story of Pathological Friendliness

Inquiring Minds

Inquiring Minds

Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

4.4848 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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We talk to journalist Jennifer Latson about Williams syndrome and her new book The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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It's Monday, July 3rd, 2017, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds.

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I'm Indravis Gontas.

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So have you ever been the recipient of unwanted hugging?

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Yeah, where it's like a missed social cue. Yeah. So describe how that works.

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It's usually I go in for the handshake and somebody like misreads it and the hug happens and it feels all awkward.

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And I'm not, I'm actually not much of a hugger.

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