FYI@Librarian: Study @ Listening, not looking, helps understand others better

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Study @ Listening, not looking, helps understand others better

PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED EITHER TO INTERACT WITH ANOTHER PERSON, OR WATCH AN INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO OTHERS.

Michael Kraus, PhD, of Yale University, carried out a series of five experiments which together involved more than 1,800 participants. In each experiment, the participants were asked either to interact with another person, or watch an interaction between two others. There were four experiment conditions for the interactions —in one, participants were only able to listen and not look. In another, they were able to look but not listen. And, in the third, participants were allowed to both look and listen.