Dr. Nicholas Epley

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1,223 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 15 Jul

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That turns out to be true.

It's a very hard thing to learn, actually, because you only see your own introverted behavior.

You don't see other people acting introverted, right?

You don't see other people when they're missing the party.

You don't see other people after the party when they go home and have to take a nap.

just like you are.

But when psychologists look, they find that this idea about social battery or getting tired, it just doesn't show up in the data.

Extroverts and introverts report being equally tired, rather energized.

Conversation tends to be energizing for people.

tend to report being equally energized by social interaction.

The drop in energy, like the fatigue that comes, tends to happen kind of with the same speed and same intensity for extroverts and introverts alike.

It's like exercise.

Everybody gets tired.

You go out for a jog and everybody gets tired from that.

So one thing that you'd want to know as a researcher is are you choosing to behave differently at the party?

You might just be exercising more.

Your husband might be just sitting down and chilling with a beer with the fellas on the couch.

That's tiring, right?

So what you've just done is run a marathon.

Your husband just took the stairs to the third floor.

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