Someone who prefers to be dominant, for example, might have an overly firm handshake, says Miner. People who welcome humor will often insert sarcasm into a conversation. Use these clues to determine their values and their approach. Nonverbal behavior is also important, and Miner suggests watching for body language clues. Tone of voice can also provide clues. While this is harder when the conversation is done over the phone, Miner says an engaged or passionate voice is obvious.
Anything critical or that involves emotion should never be communicated by email, says Miner. They can be a real hindrance to being perceptive.
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Using data from over 4, people in the UK and US, including autistic and non-autistic people, we found that just four questions should be used to measure mind-reading. This may sound simplistic, but by developing such a short test we could collect data from very large samples.
Want to know how good your mind-reading ability is? You can complete the test here. We also used our data to perform advanced statistical analyses that have never been performed before on human mind-reading. Our results showed that the test was reliable and that males and females, as well as autistic and non-autistic people, interpreted the questions in the same way.
This meant that it could be used to accurately compare these groups on their mind-reading skills. Questionnaires can of course be inaccurate because participants sometimes answer questions in a way that make themselves look more desirable to other people. Fortunately, this is less of a concern with this questionnaire.
In one of our studies, we discovered that scores on self-reported mind-reading were linked to performance on objective tests of mind-reading.
We found that women were better at mind-reading than men. The reason for sex differences in mind-reading are a matter of debate, however.
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