How to Really Know Another Person

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

So often, we think we know what other people are thinking. But researchers have found that our attempts at reading other people go wrong more often than we realize. This week, we talk with psychologist Tessa West about what we can all do to read people more accurately.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedantam.
0:03.3	In the classic TV series Star Trek, Mr. Spock has a full-proof technique
0:08.5	for accurately reading the thoughts and feelings of others.
0:12.6	The Vulcan Mind Men.
0:15.3	I am Spock.
0:19.6	You or James?
0:22.3	Kirk, our minds are moving closer.
0:27.8	Closer, closer, closer, James Kirk, closer.
0:35.0	Here on Planet Earth, we have no technology that gives us direct access to the minds of others.
0:41.0	So we look for psychological clues.
0:44.2	We watch people's facial expressions to see how much they like us.
0:48.9	We read their body language to figure out when they are nervous.
0:52.5	We listen to their intonations to pick up signals about their mood.
1:00.6	How accurate are these clues?
1:02.4	How good are we at detecting what's going on in the minds of others?
1:08.9	In recent years, scientists have spent a lot of time answering these questions.
1:13.6	They've discovered that many of the clues we use to read the minds of others are suspect.
1:19.5	But they have identified one mind-reading technique that is surprisingly effective.
1:25.4	The only problem?
1:27.4	Most of us don't use it.
1:32.2	How to get inside someone else's head this week on Hidden Brain.
1:40.3	Navigating social life involves continually reading the minds of other people.
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