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You assume people notice your mood more than they do.
The 'illusion of transparency' causes individuals to overestimate how much their internal state is visible to others.
Participants asked to hide their disgust while watching unpleasant videos believed observers could easily tell their true feelings, even though observers accurately identified their expressions only about 50% of the time.
You carry your feelings more privately than you think.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Thomas Gilovich, 1998
- What the check found
- The 1998 Gilovich et al. study is the seminal work on this topic; while accurate, the '50%' figure is an experimental specific and not a universal constant for all human social interaction.
- Confidence
- Contested
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