Mind Reading 2.0: Why did you do that?

Hidden Brain - A podcast by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam - Mondays

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As we go through life, we’re constantly trying to figure out what other people are thinking and feeling. Psychologist Liane Young says this ability to assess other people's thoughts is an extraordinary feat of cognition. But this mental superpower can sometimes lead us astray. This week, we kick off a new series exploring how we understand — or fail to understand — the minds of other people.