| While we haven’t yet reached the age of flying | | | | particular image will most likely look upward and to the |
| cars and robot wars, we have at least reached the | | | | right. As effective as this method is, don’t let it be |
| point where we know how to read people’s minds. | | | | the last straw when making a decision. |
| These days, there are various methods you can use | | | | |
| to know what another person is thinking. | | | | Brain Activity |
| These methods range from the basic to the scientific. | | | | On a more scientific scale, there has been a small yet |
| If you want to explore the knowledge of how to read | | | | significant progress when it comes to knowing how to |
| people’s minds, check out some of these tips | | | | read people’s minds. Neuroscientist Kendrick Kay, |
| below. | | | | along with his colleagues, has stumbled upon a way to |
| Body Language | | | | determine which image a person is looking at without |
| One of the basic ways on how to read people’s | | | | ever seeing the images before. |
| minds is by reading their body language. As primitive as | | | | According to “Scientific American,” the team |
| this method might seem, not a lot of people seem to | | | | was able to create a computer model that could read |
| know about it or know how to actually use it. | | | | a person’s brain activity accurately. That model |
| However, I’ll let you in on some of the key bodily | | | | could read the brightness and angle the person |
| movements that can help you read people’s minds. | | | | perceived when looking at the picture; so when the |
| When talking to a person, notice the direction that their | | | | series of pictures was presented to the model, it was |
| knees are pointed. If the knees are turned towards | | | | able to determine which picture the person was |
| you, then you know that the other person is interested | | | | looking at by comparing its brightness and angle. Of |
| in you and agrees with what you’re saying. On the | | | | course, the model is not 100% right all the time as |
| other hand, it they’re turned away from you, then | | | | some pictures may have similar amounts of brightness |
| you better think of a way to capture their interest. | | | | and angle. |
| Eye Movement | | | | Learning how to read people’s minds can be |
| Here’s how to read people’s minds through | | | | interpreted in many, different ways. While we |
| their eyes. When a person is trying to create an image | | | | haven’t yet reached the point where reading |
| out of nothing, they will most likely look upward and to | | | | people’s minds is as easy as looking above their |
| the left. | | | | heads and reading words from a thought bubble, we |
| In the meantime, a person trying to remember a | | | | have at least made it halfway there. |