Antisocial or not?

[robertsloan2]

Reading an article on Discovery News that people who show embarrassment are perceived as more trustworthy, I thought it was interesting.

Embarrassment ArticleThe study mentioned that people who show embarrassment are seen as more prosocial and test higher on a scale of whether they're prosocial - whether they care what others think of them

Comments

[faunhaert]

maybe some one being embarrassed opens up the heart
of the observer to allow for compassion?

some of the indicators they mention is shyness
and if the same person watching is compassionate
it makes for friendship

its when a person reads it as embarrassment and brushes it away
with out compassion the opportunity for interactive connection is lost.

[robertsloan2]

That makes sense. When someone else is embarrassed there's a natural tendency to remember the times I've been embarrassed and feel for them. But if I lacked empathy I wouldn't have that reaction and might not have been embarrassed at all.

[faunhaert]

sadly folks with frontal lobe damage
can't read signals or empathize

they get catagorized as sociopaths
if you catch them
they are very good at looking normal

i'd like to read you writings
please where can i find them?

[robertsloan2]

There are people with plenty of empathy who just can't read signals - anyone with Asperger's can't read body language. They have to learn it consciously like a foreign language in order to communicate effectively. Lack of empathy is something else.

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