What do others think of you? How the brain perceives other people | Dong Seon-Chang | TEDxStuttgart
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- How do we read and understand other people? We cannot look into the head of other people. Still, almost every day we successfully interact with other people. Our brain is specialized in perceiving "social cues", and almost automatically perceives basic information about other people, such as age, gender, or ethnicity. How does our brain manage to do this? Is it possible to accurately predict the social behavior of other people? Do we perceive the actions of other people differently in other cultures? I will give you an overview about what the brain perceives from other people and how to deal with it.
Dong-Seon is working at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, finishing his PhD thesis in the field of Social Neuroscience. He was born in Heidelberg, Germany, but also lived more than 10 years in Korea and the USA. Always interested in how people interact with each other, his unique cross-cultural experiences motivated him to study how social behavior is represented in our brains. What he finds amazing is that there are so many things humans share in common, regardless of cultures. He is also the German national champion of science slam in 2014.
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The guy whose skin color changed: His facial expression changed as he got darker. Keep the expression the same for this “skin color test” to be “valid.” Just one variable, please.
Right that got me side eyeing this
That was a little example of the changes but doesn't mean we have any idea of how the study was conducted. It is weird that he mentions only color but I'm not sure that it means the study wasn't conducted properly.
I’ve done this in video games before where you get to customize the character. It’s entirely factual, I almost always chose my skin color because I would’ve had an almost entirely different outlook on the character. Not in a bad way, I still chose other skin colors sometimes, I just knew how it made me feel.
@@Jinkis I thought it was embarrassing as it was. I couldn't really focus on the point made because of the expression change, but I know it intellectualy.
@Liam Smith, maybe it was on purpose, so he could see how people interpreted his use of it. He studies people's perceptions and social interactions after all.
I lived in Korea so many years and after a while I could tell the ethnic difference of Koreans, Japanese and Chinese by social cues such as fashion, manners, and education, and language obviously, very cool actually.
I consider it a personal skill that I can usually guess right on an Asian person's ethnicity, especially women, most are quite distinct, I feel. But Koreans are the toughest to correctly ID. I find I miss them the most. It seems Koreans are more likely to have universal asian features? idk the reason
My husband lived in Japan for five years and even that was enough to develop this sensitivity of perception. He can tell if somebody is from Japan, China or Korea, where for me (German) they all just look "Asian" and I couldn't tell the difference.
However, the other way around... Im German and have lived in Europe my whole life, my husband moved here just a few years ago from Canada. Where he sees "Europeans" that all look the same, I can tell that someone is most likely from the Scandinavian countries, or the eastern European countries and so on...
It’s not that I don’t care or that I’m indifferent to what people think about me; just that I’m less concerned now.
Believe me it’s freedom!
I'd like to ask you a few questions genuinely. If you don't care about what people think about you, or you are indifferent to that to some degree, how do you orient your life in society? How do you measure that what you're doing is providing something good or not? You mentioned the word "freedom" from whom? Or from what?
@@rafaelrodriguessantos6379 she stated shes less concerned, not that she doesn't care or is indifferent. even if people don't care or are indifferent, it means freedom in making decissions on your own. it means other are not talking you into a decision that you dont want to do, freedom of the manmade mental/society chains, still you can listen to their opinions and then decide. society is constantly changing, so not only you orient your life in society but society orients on you and everyone else aswell, there are alot of feedback loops. that can come up with a lot of responsibilities of course and you have to stand up for your own faults. at the same time, just because someone doesn't care, doesn't mean he/she cares about nothing. there are tons of people that not only want good things for you, some want to make you feel small or gain the position you compete for. if you would care in these cases too much, you will always end up last in life, because everyone else will take the chance. take a look at shy people that might overthink what others think about them, they are likely to be overseen for many chances.
@@viridiae9317 thanks, I just miss understood her statement.
He’s great and I enjoyed listening to him.He’s funny, entertaining, and informative.
I meet so much people who say they dont care what others think......they are usually the ones who care most about what others think.
Ya, but I don't care what you think;]
Actually, it’s the people that say the people who don’t care who care whom actually care the most about what others think.... What?
John Johnson lol, confused much??
Jane Okonkwo I must’ve been high...
John Johnson 😂
The 'who's boss' picture shows a talk between Christine Lagarde, the IMF Director, and Loukas Papadimos, the then Prime Minister of bankrupt Greece. You nailed it man.
I love his smile, he really loves what he is doing.
No, they didn't only change the skin color. They changed the facial expression, too, and in a way that made a big difference in how I reacted to him.
I thought the same thing! They narrowed his eyes and made a frown
I came to comment the same thing, they changed way more than skin color. His eyebrows and entire expression! He went from neutral angry-sad (?) that changes everything about perception!
I wonder if there was a contextual aspect to the face change that we didn't get to see: like maybe there was a companion face with the same colouring but without the frowning mouth? Perhaps the presenter could have used that one, instead? Or, the image was saw in the video was actually made FOR the video as an illustration to show the biases some of the test participants had during the study. I really, really don't want to find out that the presenter had ended up CREATING or fostering biases (or carried them himself) and had them placed into his teat image. :-(
Did You even read the words below ? Emotional response through racial bias CU - Digital skin alteration... Logical conclusion (if you didn't bother to find the study) is that the guy is reacting to his skin being altered by certain app filters. He changed his facial expression, "they" did not, "they" changed just his skin color. Search for "skin color change prank", it will make things clear for You.
What a personality! Amazing speech, thank you dr Dong Seon-Chang
It's when the message about the use of psychodelics started spreading, our brains started to grow.
I really enjoyed this TedTalk. Great content and humor. Thank you.
What people think of you dictates how they treat you. Is that why we think about it so much?
Elaine Scott maybe
though this might be the case.....i dont think its fair
i think if everyone would start treating others the way they them selves want to be treated..... the world would be a lil better
@@pearltears8039 I agree with you that people should treat you the way they would want to be treated. Maybe one day, everyone will think that way.
Elaine Scott yeah
Gday 🌺 It is what we think about ourself that dictates how others treat us ☀ Have a Wonder Filled Day Beautiful Souls ☀ Lucky 🌺
We are born to adapt and servive, perceptions is learned thru the knowledge in of one's mind experiences, and we naturally feel it as good, bad, and this is practice and learned , from the moment you learned to remember.
Since born to grow to servive
1. You learne to cry for food
2. Others Tone of voice
3. People's faces or
4. Curiosity killed the cat, (what get you in trouble)
5. And finally realising one day life will end, scares you the most when your 7 or 10 years old, things get more personal from there on.. what can u do? But to Accept for what it is and for what it'll be.
We are different in the same ways
5 seconds in... I like this guy already.
Thank you Mr Chang for this video. As someone with Korean parents who thinks a lot about this topic I really appreciate this video.
The "master of disaster"... Love it!!!
Omg throwing that Porsche over the cliff was so funny 👏🏻😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Excellent talk - truly insightful - perception is such a huge factor when it comes to how we may stereotype a person unconsciously, on the most part, unjustly.
No when you think of the last time you were really happy it can totally be yourself alone in nature!
Great lesson. Thanks for your time. I really lernt a lot and I dont forget as it presented in a funny way. Good luck with your life.
Brilliant, comprehensive , thank you .
I love this man. Really interesting speak with good morels . His little boy is going to grow up to be an amazing human being with s mind set that is going to inspire the world . This man should give lesson to politicians, presidents and prime ministers all over the world.. it really would be a better place
I love this guy, he gave an awesome Ted talk, and I learned a few things.
Thank you, Dong Seon-Chang. I enjoyed this very much. As an acting coach and actor, I could relate to your teaching. Thank you so much. Very entertaining too
He is a really great entertaining speaker and it engages people to listen to him 👍
VERY WELL SAID & HEARTFELT.....I THINK U JUST. GAINED A WHOLE LOT OF NEW FANS!! 🎭👁👁🎭
I enjoy having my mental space stimulated. This just helps me dive deeper into my anxiety.
Well done very informative! Thank you👋👋
“ I am not what I think I am .. I am not what you think I am .. I am what I think you think I am ... “
Thai Proverb
I said this very thing today when talking to a friend!!! We can’t truly know exactly what others are thinking of us so it’s definitely not what they think but what WE think they think!!! Hahah! Oh bother!!!
@@raimehoward exactly 😉😉
Assuming everyone around you is mentally healthy with normative perceptions about the world. It's assuming nobody involved has any personality disorders or atypically structured brains, and nobody has brain damage or disease, and nobody has trauma that changes how they perceive and process their environment. What sensory input we process or don't and how that information is decoded for meaning and that encoding in our response is largely dependent on that assumption of cognitive normitivity.
In today's world I don't think that's the typical social dynamic as we see things like narcissism and depression etc. become more of the norm than people with healthy brain chemistry and socialisation.
Lovely video, than you very much.
What a terrific presentation!
As you get older we’ll atleast for me I care less and less about what others think. However find my self judging others more and more on their actions.
Yes (alas) most people perform evaluation via elaborated patterns (triggers), but not all.
Some use generic analysis where all elements of "picture" are considered.
It is slower but prevent you from being exploited by prices 99.99, TV, politics...
This was the smartest standup comedy. Loved the guy.
Loved your story
VERY INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING, TOO. BRAVO
Yes thank you!
Examples weren't all the best in my opinion but a very interesting topic I think about a lot. Great guy, great talk, thank you TED.
C'mon, the cat one was hilarious, I woke people up busting a gut, lol
Thank you for a great video.
Humorous and interesting video.. Thank you
I don’t know if the speakers on these videos read the comments, but I found the visuals helpful. The one I relate to the most in experience is how you’re perceived based on how you are dressed. Years ago for fun, I went shopping looking unkempt. I was ignored. I went home and cleaned up and put on nicer clothes. The workers were asking me if I need help finding anything.
I am more happy when I am alone with animals, not with humans.
Save the first person. Animals know. People forget. Its all good. Bring back the dinosaurs. Strawberry is a wave function collapse.
@@lylaaxiom8750 this is not true, enjoying being alone shows how much this person is true to herself and she sufficienly understood that life and the value we give it is beyond others' opinion. Just like your judgement.. lol
Pets or animals ?
Yea I don’t like people too much either...they all have something to prove. Animals just do their thing.
Lyla Axiom So you must be an extrovert, and still need to be companied by people to be happy. If you cannot be happy alone, then you are in for a deep awakening
Very interesting Talk.
intersting information
Extremely helpful video !!
Hybrid Music X how?
Great talk 👍
Awesome. Just awesome👍👍
We are all different in the same way.
I care a lot.More than I wish I did.And there is nothing I can do about it,I am a human.
powerful lines.
This in all truth. Thx
Great presentation
Would love to hear a presentation from you on COVID19 Social Distancing, I imagine it will be great.
Interesting
Thankyou 🙏
Watched it cuz of the commercial in the thumbnail and realise that it has a different meaning to me nowadays...
GREAT!
Ha, I had a great laugh. My grandpa, whom I grew up with here, in Canada, was German and he looked exactly like those 2 guys, lol
The hippos?
@@loukancer - No, silly. Those 2 guys standing behind you.....
bravo!!
Theory of mind!
Brilliant
He was so interesting
good my friend!!!!!
Perception is reality, work on changing perception by adapting to the new surroundings .
This ted was actually educational
Amazing ❤️🌹
Based on talk title, I expected specificity about how to recognize negative and positive mannerisms, voice tones, etc., to gauge a tiny insight of personality based on those criteria. Are they dangerous; do they look suspicious (as if they just did something wrong but trying to act natural), etc. I believe people have more common reactions than not, but only within specific cultures.
What a nice chap. So, the most intelligent among us are the most social. Figures. The most sophisticated societies are those formed by the brightest minds.
I would seem to be an example which would suggest further work is required as my answer to the last time I was truly happy, which is right now, I am alone. Not criticizing, I enjoyed the talk and you personally, but that is true, it is something that took a while to really see and accept, which is recent, in mid-life.
I am happy mostly when I'm alone. When other people are around there is too much going on for emotions to register. I'm autistic, so probably my experience differs from most people, but there are definitely many people in the world who's brains are wired in a way that rewards them for doing things that don't involve other people.
@@queenofshred Definitely. It's the cult of personality, … and it's on them. Conform or be shunned, they do that out of insecurity. They fear if you make a different choice they might be missing something, so they discredit anyone who doesn't want to be a part of their group and make the same choices they do. Whoever coined the term 'cult of personality' was very wise. It is a cult, society. A 'free' society of people who have no idea how to be free or even what it means.
This is interesting
PELO CONTEÚDO DO vídeo as visualizações não são correspondentes. Fim de papo! Esse é um conteúdo interessante e relevante viu youtube!!!!!
*my brain perceives other people as LUNCH*
@12:00 I get it. I know of numerous occasions when someone saw me doing something but perceived the wrong thing. No, I would explain, I'm doing this xyz.
My entire life is one example after the other, everyone I have ever known, perceiving me or my actions or my words incorrectly. Usually it is because of a list of assumptions the other person is making, and protecting their ego. When you try to clear up the assumptions some people go as far as to think you are lying or not accepting the obvious Truth... which they just made up... about your life.... that you actually know the Truth about... lol.
If it hadn't become so debilitating it would be comical. Imo, 7 or 8 out of 10 people are complete losers because they are hypocrites, delusional and self centered. Those three things are the difference between peace and war.
Peace
Same.
Four cars all stop at four-way intersection at the same time. Who goes first? The New Yorker.
to be fair, when he changed the color and ethnicity of the face in the beginning he also made him look from no expression to an angry expression
It is pretty easy, to see what they think. Help some one a little, if he lies to you he thinks you are a sucker, and he is getting over on you.If he doesn't lie he is getting some help from you.
Good story
Good speaker but there was no new ideas or core message. I thought all these examples were setting the stage up for him to present a new idea or perspective. In the end, it was all just about different perceptions and perspectives. Oh well.
and he wouldn't care so why bother hahahaha
Why at 4:50 are they completely altering the facial expression and then tagging it as Racial Bias? Or is that supposed to indicate the reaction as the skin color changes?
We became so intelligent because we started communicating with ourselves as human beings ? Ever seen hippo's communicating with cats ? All species communicate with their own species to survive (there are exceptions, superficially). I guess the human gift and curse is that we have a more conscious possibility to create or destroy.
I believe when he said communicating, he was conotating language; which most animals don't possess (especially to the extent of humans). The neocortex has been shown to positively correlate in size with regards to social group. The neocortex is linked to language, abstract thought, and sensory perception.
@@isaacsoffer8530 Yes, making choices more consciously (neocortex) is a bigger responsibility. I guess it wouldn't harm the size of our human intellect if we would choose the inner-dialogue more often.
Keep perspective realistic...
You are so funny sir, hahaha you made my day.
Proud of my Korean..
Good to listen but not much to take away 🙏🙏
Awesome talk, I love how humble Asian’s are
Or..... is it that German's are humble..? Mind blown🤯
Anywho... Both Asians and Germans aren't a monolith. 😊
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:15 *🤔 Humans naturally care about others' perceptions*
- Humans instinctively care about what others think about them.
- Cultural background and experiences shape individuals' sensitivity to others' opinions.
- Being in unfamiliar environments can heighten self-awareness and concern about others' judgments.
01:40 *🧠 Automatic perception of social cues by the brain*
- The brain automatically processes social cues such as facial expressions and body language.
- Instantaneous understanding of social dynamics, such as recognizing authority figures, is a subconscious process.
- Perceptions of age, gender, ethnicity, and attire are quickly assessed by the brain.
05:12 *🎭 Perception influenced by external factors*
- External factors like attire and gestures can alter initial impressions of individuals.
- The brain's automatic processing of social cues can lead to biased perceptions based on superficial characteristics.
- Cultural and societal norms influence how individuals interpret social cues.
07:28 *🤝 Gestures impact trust perception*
- Gestures play a crucial role in shaping perceptions of trustworthiness.
- Negative gestures can decrease trust, as observed in experimental settings.
- Even robots programmed with negative gestures were trusted less in interactions.
10:41 *🤔 Complex interpretation of actions and appearances*
- Actions and appearances are interpreted differently based on context and individual experiences.
- Humans possess the ability to discern subtle differences despite superficial similarities.
- Cultural and personal experiences shape how individuals perceive the world.
14:21 *🔬 Studying social interaction in neuroscience*
- Neuroscience employs experimental methods like 3D modeling and virtual reality to study social interactions.
- Computational models aid in understanding how humans perceive and interact with each other.
- Research focuses on measuring and analyzing the neural mechanisms underlying social cognition.
16:57 *🧠 Evolution of human intelligence driven by social interaction*
- The evolution of human intelligence is linked to living in social groups.
- The neocortex, specialized for social cognition, contributes to human intelligence.
- Social interaction serves as a primary reward for humans, shaping brain development and behavior.
18:33 *😊 Social interaction as a source of happiness*
- Social interaction is a fundamental source of happiness for humans.
- Interacting with loved ones triggers neural rewards and elicits positive emotions.
- Engaging in social interactions can enhance well-being and foster connections with others.
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What people think of me is none of my business.
I like that!
If you care too much about what people think, you will suffer in life. It more important what you think about yourself, and not build yourself esteem on other people. So you are right what other people think about me is none of my business.
Bob Owen: Your brilliantly humble statement is self confidence at its best. You won this in the best way !
Bob Owen The ones who mind don’t matter. The ones who matter don’t mind.
😁😍
Whoever put that insanely loud music at the start and end deserves to have their big toe crushed by a jumping subwoofer
Just secure your subwoofer bro
@@lesrestall807 isolators all day mon frère
He thank you so much for this perception towards life
and amazingly I wana decide to download this type of video and guess what?? You are the first
he should get into showbiz.
My brain has never let me think
Ha😂
Great talk! However I disagree with the comment regarding food being as rewarding for animals as social interactions are for us. We are not the only animals with a social brain and I think that's important to keep in mind :)
Do yourselves a favour and watch the Ted talk by Carl Safina, it's brilliant!
i think that thinking is the 6th sense
Then what was his main message after all? I enjoyed his presentation very much though.
Don't judge and do care less about people’s judgments
@@asmaa8610 but how did he came to that conclusion?
How and why people come to conclusions about who you are by their first impressions.
nice guy
👍
13:16 i am European and they look the same person also to me
Can we work on the matter that our brain 🧠 sees others stronger?
Anytime I meet twins, I struggle to recognize them, after a while I recognize them even from their backs, so yeah, a matter of experience