The finding: People with strong social skills are better at seeing other people's perspectives—literally. The research: After taking tests to measure their social savvy, subjects sat before a model of three buildings that were surrounded by seven objects—all triangles, all cameras, or all dolls. The subjects were asked to look at pictures of the buildings and identify which perspective each picture was taken from. People who scored high in social skills were significantly better at identifying the correct perspective—but only when the surrounding objects were dolls, not triangles or cameras. The challenge: Are spatial perception and social intelligence somehow connected in the brain? Professor Shelton, defend your research.
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