This Week: Mind Sharing

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of mind sharing and how it influences communication and behavior among individuals.

More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/mind-sharing. Mind reading might sound like the stuff of science fiction. But in philosophy and psychology, mind reading is something that human beings do whenever we try to guess what another person is thinking. Could it be that people are also natural born mind sharers, unconsciously shaping our behavior to be understood by others? How do we change or exaggerate our actions when others are present? And how can we use these insights to communicate better with our loved ones? Josh and Ray share their mind(s) with Julian Jara-Ettinger, Director of the Computational Social Cognition Lab at Yale University.

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh, Ray

Guest: Julian Jara-Ettinger

Topics covered

• mind reading
• social cognition
• communication
• behavior
• philosophy
• psychology

Keywords

• mind sharing
• mind reading
• social cognition
• communication
• behavior
• philosophy
• psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale University

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