How to Read People & The Most Extreme Things on Earth – SYSK Choice
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All this today on Something You Should Know. something you should know fascinating intel the world's top experts and practical advice you can use in your life today something you should know with mike carruthers hey hi welcome to something you should know so here's a question for you have you ever met someone and thought you know they kind of look like their name you know like he kind of looks like a ken or she looks like a jennifer or he looks like a jeff Well, there might be something to this. According to a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, both children and adults can tell the names of adults by looking at pictures of them at a rate better than mere chance.
But they could not tell the names of children by looking at pictures of them at a rate better than chance. So how can this be? Well, according to researchers who conducted this, as people mature, they may alter their appearance over time to conform to cultural expectations associated with their name, without even knowing they're doing it. In other words, if your name is Susie, over time, you start to look like a Susie. As further evidence of this, when they used artificial intelligence to age photos of children to make them look like adults, people were not able to tell their names. The study gets a bit complicated, and there's a link to it in the show notes if you want to read more, but it does seem that people tend to look like their names over time.
And that is something you should know. You know what a tell is, right? You hear about tells in poker. People have these little behaviors and movements like how they hold their cards or how they look at their cards or how they place their bets. If you know how to read them, you can tell if the other player is bluffing or if he or she has a good or bad hand. But tells work in everyday life as well. There are common tells that if you know how to read them can give you insight into what other people are really thinking. That's according to my guest, Peter Collette. Peter is a social psychologist who has taught at Oxford University and is widely acknowledged to be a world expert on communication. He has been called a grandmaster of the secret code of fleeting gestures, signs, and expressions that give us all away.
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5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–11:48
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Can your name really influence how you look as an adult?
11:48–15:29
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Why were people able to guess adult names from photos but not children's?
15:29–22:14
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What are 'tells' and how do they apply outside of poker?
22:14–39:26
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Which everyday gestures reveal sadness, deference, or nervousness?
39:26–44:25
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