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How to Click With Anyone, Read Every Room, and Stop Absorbing Other People's Stress | Kate Murphy

May 25, 2026 · 1h 9m

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The neuroscience of human connection: your nervous system is picking up other people's signals all day without your knowledge. Here's how to use that. Journalist Kate Murphy's eclectic essays and articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Agence France-Presse, and Texas Monthly have been shared and commented on by millions. She is known for her fresh and accessible style and ability to distill complex subjects, particularly the science behind human interactions. Her first book, You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters , was published in thirty-two languages and has become required reading in interpersonal communication courses at high…