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Alison Wood Brooks

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2569 total appearances

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

Very specific. Yeah. So this is boomer asking because it's like a boomerang. You're throwing out the boomerang. You let them answer and then you bring it right back to yourself immediately.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

Very specific. Yeah. So this is boomer asking because it's like a boomerang. You're throwing out the boomerang. You let them answer and then you bring it right back to yourself immediately.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

Very specific. Yeah. So this is boomer asking because it's like a boomerang. You're throwing out the boomerang. You let them answer and then you bring it right back to yourself immediately.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

People do it all the time. I do it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

People do it all the time. I do it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

People do it all the time. I do it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

Your hand looks different? Yeah.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

Your hand looks different? Yeah.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

Your hand looks different? Yeah.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

It's all about the timing. So if you really want to hear about Dax's hand car experiences, and he shares with you very openly, the important thing is follow up on his thing first. So it feels like you actually care because you do. Yeah. Before we get back to your hand changing into a new hand. Luckily, he did not understand what I was talking about.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

It's all about the timing. So if you really want to hear about Dax's hand car experiences, and he shares with you very openly, the important thing is follow up on his thing first. So it feels like you actually care because you do. Yeah. Before we get back to your hand changing into a new hand. Luckily, he did not understand what I was talking about.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

It's all about the timing. So if you really want to hear about Dax's hand car experiences, and he shares with you very openly, the important thing is follow up on his thing first. So it feels like you actually care because you do. Yeah. Before we get back to your hand changing into a new hand. Luckily, he did not understand what I was talking about.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

So we study that exactly. Oh, tell me. So we randomly assign people to either start with a question, let someone answer and then tell a story or just tell the story. Just telling the story is better. Whether you're bragging, whether you're complaining or whether you're just saying something weird and neutral. Yeah. Like, oh, I think my hand morphed into a different hand.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

So we study that exactly. Oh, tell me. So we randomly assign people to either start with a question, let someone answer and then tell a story or just tell the story. Just telling the story is better. Whether you're bragging, whether you're complaining or whether you're just saying something weird and neutral. Yeah. Like, oh, I think my hand morphed into a different hand.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

So we study that exactly. Oh, tell me. So we randomly assign people to either start with a question, let someone answer and then tell a story or just tell the story. Just telling the story is better. Whether you're bragging, whether you're complaining or whether you're just saying something weird and neutral. Yeah. Like, oh, I think my hand morphed into a different hand.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

It's better to just share it. Which then may trigger reciprocity. That's the hope. But you don't have control over that. But you're going to get the satisfaction of sharing whatever this thing you're dying to share. And you hope that the person you're talking to is actually interested and ask about it or share about themselves. Yeah, interesting.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

It's better to just share it. Which then may trigger reciprocity. That's the hope. But you don't have control over that. But you're going to get the satisfaction of sharing whatever this thing you're dying to share. And you hope that the person you're talking to is actually interested and ask about it or share about themselves. Yeah, interesting.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

It's better to just share it. Which then may trigger reciprocity. That's the hope. But you don't have control over that. But you're going to get the satisfaction of sharing whatever this thing you're dying to share. And you hope that the person you're talking to is actually interested and ask about it or share about themselves. Yeah, interesting.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

That's almost a gotcha question unto itself. It's not. It's not. It's not. A gotcha question is really in the eye of the receiver. If the person feels like you're testing them.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)

That's almost a gotcha question unto itself. It's not. It's not. It's not. A gotcha question is really in the eye of the receiver. If the person feels like you're testing them.