{"id":2897,"date":"2009-09-10T16:51:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T14:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2009-09-10T16:52:12","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T14:52:12","slug":"how-we-read-each-others-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=2897","title":{"rendered":"How we read each other’s minds"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n

Rebecca Saxe shares fascinating lab work that uncovers how the brain thinks about other peoples’ thoughts — and judges their actions. Fascinating and an insightful presentation!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rebecca Saxe shares fascinating lab work that uncovers how the brain thinks about other peoples’ thoughts — and judges their actions. Fascinating and an insightful presentation!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140931,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=140931","url_meta":{"origin":2897,"position":0},"title":"Why It Might Be Your Body – Not Your Mind","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"02\/06\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jVIDbEd5UcU One of the paradoxes of trying to understand our minds is that, at particular moments, we need to acknowledge that what passes through them may have very little to do with the workings of these minds themselves but rather our bodies.","rel":"","context":"In "PPT\/ cool decks"","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-it-might-be-your-body-not-yo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-it-might-be-your-body-not-yo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-it-might-be-your-body-not-yo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-it-might-be-your-body-not-yo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-it-might-be-your-body-not-yo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":134478,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=134478","url_meta":{"origin":2897,"position":1},"title":"How To Read Fewer Books","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"12\/11\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qZ3AsDIMm9s To be considered \u2018well-read\u2019, one is expected to get through an endless number of books. Instead, like the Ancients, we should focus on the quality not the quantity of one\u2019s reading.","rel":"","context":"In "PPT\/ cool decks"","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-read-fewer-books.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-read-fewer-books.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-read-fewer-books.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-read-fewer-books.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-read-fewer-books.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":133857,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=133857","url_meta":{"origin":2897,"position":2},"title":"How to Panic a Little Less","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"01\/10\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R7YmA_-8zZo The philosopher Spinoza shows us that our minds possess an under-appreciated ability to adopt a broader perspective, from which our anxieties appear vanishingly small - and eminently manageable.","rel":"","context":"In "PPT\/ cool decks"","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-panic-a-little-less.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-panic-a-little-less.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-panic-a-little-less.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-panic-a-little-less.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-panic-a-little-less.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":138096,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=138096","url_meta":{"origin":2897,"position":3},"title":"The Body Keeps the Score","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"12\/05\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QSCXyYuT2rE A growing body of research suggests that mental unwellness doesn\u2019t just take a toll on our minds; it affects our physical selves as well. We need to listen to what our bodies are telling us - and care for them as diligently as we care for our thoughts.","rel":"","context":"In "PPT\/ cool decks"","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-body-keeps-the-score.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-body-keeps-the-score.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-body-keeps-the-score.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-body-keeps-the-score.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-body-keeps-the-score.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":149182,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=149182","url_meta":{"origin":2897,"position":4},"title":"The art of reading minds","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"22\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/oz_pearlman_the_art_of_reading_minds?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare","rel":"","context":"In "PPT\/ cool decks"","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87783,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=87783","url_meta":{"origin":2897,"position":5},"title":"How language shapes the way we think","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"12\/04\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "PPT\/ cool decks"","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions\/2899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}