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How to Read A Person's Behavior & The Science of Extremes

2024/8/12
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David Darling
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Mike Carruthers
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Peter Collett
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Mike Carruthers: 本期节目探讨了人名与长相的关联性，以及如何通过解读日常行为中的细微动作（tells）来了解他人的想法。还讨论了世界上各种极端现象，例如最亮的光、最粘的东西、最慢的运动、最大的物体、最响亮和最安静的声音，以及最毒的物质。 Peter Collett: 在日常生活中，人们的细微行为（tells）可以揭示其情绪、想法和意图。例如，‘eye wipe’动作通常与悲伤情绪相关；触摸面部可能表示对对方的尊重或地位差异的认知。人们对说谎者的判断往往基于错误的假设，例如眼神接触和肢体动作。通过有意识地观察肢体语言细节，比依靠直觉判断谎言更准确。女性在浪漫互动中通常会通过眼神交流来暗示兴趣。夸张的惊讶表情可能是伪装的，而非真实的反应。观察人的脚的方向可以了解其兴趣所在或离开意图。交叉双臂的动作可能表示防御或保护姿态，也可能是单纯的习惯性动作。握手方式可以反映权力关系和互动意图。 David Darling: 本期节目探讨了各种极端现象，例如最亮的光（拉斯维加斯灯光装置）、最粘的东西（实验室研发的胶水）、最慢的运动（沥青滴落实验）、最大的物体（宇宙结构）、最响亮的声音（喀拉喀托火山爆发）和最安静的声音（消声室）。还讨论了早期过山车设计缺陷导致乘客遭受高G力损伤，以及人体能够承受的加速度极限。此外，还介绍了各种毒性物质，例如肉毒杆菌毒素。

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A study suggests that people may alter their appearance over time to conform to cultural expectations associated with their name.
  • Children and adults can tell the names of adults by looking at pictures of them at a rate better than mere chance.
  • People tend to look like their names over time due to cultural expectations.

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It’s weird sometimes how you meet someone and hear their name is Lucy, for example and think – “Yeah, she kinda looks like a Lucy.” Is that really a thing – do people look like their name? Listen as I reveal some fascinating research on this. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405334121)

Tells. They are those little behaviors people have that give them away. You hear about tells in poker, but you can learn to read someone’s tells in everyday life according to my guest Peter Collett. Peter is a social psychologist who has taught at Oxford University and is widely acknowledged as an international expert on communication. He has been called a “grand master of the secret code of fleeting gestures, signs and expressions that give us all away.” He is author of the book, How To Tell What People Are Thinking From the Bedroom to the Boardroom (https://amzn.to/3WVytDM).) Listen as he offers some very practical advice on how to read people based on their behavior. 

This is a fun topic – EXTREMES! The biggest, the brightest, the stickiest, the loudest, the quietest. We are going to discuss the extremes in many categories with my guest David Darling. He is a science writer, astronomer and author of about 50 books –including Ka-boom!: The Science of Extremes (https://amzn.to/3X5gTgJ)). If you have ever wondered what the most poisonous thing or what’s the brightest light on earth, or the slowest thing that actually moves – this will be a fascinating conversation to listen to. 

How could it be that a birthday cake will taste better if you sing “Happy Birthday” first? Listen as I explain how this phenomenon and how it works in other areas of life as well. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/to-savor-the-flavor-perform-a-short-ritual-first.html)

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