People Don't Gain Insights about Ourselves from Videos of Us

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People Don't Gain Insights about Ourselves from Videos of Us

People do not read insights into ourselves from watching a video of our own body language. Outside observers watching the same video make revealing insights into our personality.

In other words, "self-perceivers do not appear to pay as much attention to and make as much use of available behavioural information as neutral observers," the
researchers said.

Hofmann, W., Gschwendner, T., & Schmitt, M. (2009)....

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