Leonard Mlodinow Quotes
Regression toward the mean. That is, in any series of random events an extraordinary event is most likely to be followed, due purely to chance, by a more ordinary one.
Subliminal is about how we misinterpret our behavior because were unaware of what our unconscious minds are doing.
One thing that feeds into the way you experience the social world is your mood - and one thing that affects your mood is the weather.
Listeners instinctively detect that when we lower the usual pitch of our voice, we are sad, and when we raise it, we are angry or fearful.
Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.
A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.
Research suggests when it comes to understanding our feelings, we humans have an odd mix of low ability and high confidence.
That's why successful people in every field are almost universally members of a certain set - the set of people who don't give up.
We judge people and initiatives by their results, and we expect events to happen for good, understandable reason. But our clear visions of inevitability are often only illusions.
One of the most surprising forms of nonverbal communication is the way we automatically adjust the amount of time we spend looking into another's eyes as a function of our relative social position.
Touch is our most highly developed sense when we are born, and it remains a fundamental mode of communication throughout a baby's first year and an important influence throughout a person's life.
Expressive speech, with modulation in pitch and volume, and a minimum of noticeable pauses, boosts credibility and enhances the impression of intelligence.
One of the things your unconscious mind does for you - and it's a great gift - is it gives you extra courage to view the outer world and it does that by giving you an extra-special view of yourself.