Most of us can easily think of situations in which we’ve felt really self-conscious, like everyone was looking at us, for either good reasons, or perhaps not so good reasons. But is our sense of the extent to which people notice what we do really justified and if it isn’t, what can we do to become a little less self-conscious about what we say and do? In this video, I’m going to tell you about a couple of key studies in psychology that you might want to bear in mind the next time you’re feeling a little bit self-conscious.
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Macrae, C. N., Mitchell, J. P., McNamara, D. L., Golubickis, M., Andreou, K., Møller, S., ... & Christian, B. M. (2016). Noticing future me: Reducing egocentrism through mental imagery. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(7), 855-863.
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