"In a sense, you listen to every person with different ears, because everyone speaks differently," says Orhun Uluşahin, who will defend his dissertation at Radboud University on October 17. His ...

Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people's thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another's perspective than other children of the same ...

In a new study, participants who engaged in small talk with others formed impressions about their conversation partners' personalities that subsequently appeared to influence their behavior when ...

As a professor of negotiation and influence, I've observed a fascinating consistency in my students: They instinctively value behavioral concepts—the art of rapport, the dynamics of power, and the ...

In a new study, participants who engaged in small talk with others formed impressions about their conversation partners’ personalities that subsequently appeared to influence their behavior when ...