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EPISODE 343 In a survey asking people what their preferred superpower would be, a vast majority answered "to read the minds of others". In fact, this was the second most popular answer amongst participants. All of us deeply care about our social health and status. Even if you do not think you care, it is something that affects you. Your brain devotes nearly all of its at rest time to this kind of thinking. We worry about where we fit, if we are invited, and how accepted we are by others. In this podcast Dr. Bray discusses social cognition and how we function and can thrive as social beings.
By Dr. CK Bray4.9
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EPISODE 343 In a survey asking people what their preferred superpower would be, a vast majority answered "to read the minds of others". In fact, this was the second most popular answer amongst participants. All of us deeply care about our social health and status. Even if you do not think you care, it is something that affects you. Your brain devotes nearly all of its at rest time to this kind of thinking. We worry about where we fit, if we are invited, and how accepted we are by others. In this podcast Dr. Bray discusses social cognition and how we function and can thrive as social beings.

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