by Kare Anderson | Jun 14, 2019 | behavior, decisionmaking
Ironically, both psychopaths and Tibetan monks detect deep emotions that are invisible to others. Psychopaths are much better at recognizing “those telltale signs in the gait of traumatized assault victims,” notes The Wisdom of Psychopaths author, Kevin...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 2, 2016 | behavior, Book, Self-Led
From our truthfulness to our acts of dominance or our mood we are enormously revealing to others – if they know how to recognize the content and style of our words. That’s what The Secret Life of Pronouns author and University of Texas psychologist James W....
by Kare Anderson | Jun 26, 2014 | behavior, Book, Collective Intelligence, Connecting
We are overly confident about our capacity to read other people, even our spouses. Trying to “detect the emotion someone is feeling by looking at a picture of their face or looking into someone’s eyes” (two common mind reading tests) actually worsens our accuracy,...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 13, 2013 | behavior, Book, Conflict, Connecting, influence
After nearly 15 years of vehement denials, Armstrong may own up, it is rumored. He promises he’ll answer Oprah’s interview questions “directly, honestly and candidly.” Yet this is already a very public, social situation that even includes newspaper ads...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 22, 2012 | behavior, Likeability
How well do you understand how gut instincts influence your likes, dislikes, and even your attention span? Want to find out? Here are nine questions. Some of the answers may surprise you. 1. Do people get along better when talking to each other if they are facing each...