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Everyday Mind Reading: Understanding What Other People Think and Feel
Everyday Mind Reading Understanding What Other People Think and Feel Author:William Ickes, Elliot Aronson "We humans are social animals and, as such, it is natural for us to empathize with one another--to look and listen carefully and try to figure out what other folks are thinking and feeling. . . . William Ickes is a serious scientist who has been studying this phenomenon for many years. . . .Some of the findings in this book square with common se... more »nse, but there are a great many surprises as well." -- Elliot Aronson, from the foreword Is there research evidence for "women's intuition"?
Does telepathy play a role in everyday mind reading?
Are longer-married people able to read each other's minds better than newlyweds?
Why do twins tend to have similar thoughts and feelings?
Can people improve their ability to read other people's minds? After spending ten years studying people's behavior in social interactions, psychologist William Ickes discovered a way to measure how well they are able to "read" other people's thoughts and feelings. EVERYDAY MIND READING tells the story of how this discovery led the author and his colleagues on a fifteen-year research odyssey that produced sometimes-startling scientific answers to these and many other intriguing questions.« less