“The trick is not to have a plan but have the plan unfold,” Dr. Slingerland says of an ideal evening. “It’s the way a great dinner party feels.” This involves dialing down the parts of your brain which plan, primarily the prefrontal cortex, and which humans also use to lie. Once that part of your brain is immobilized, you become spontaneous and people will find you more trustworthy. This instinct to trust spontaneous people applies both to people we know, like our spouse, and ones we don’t, like politicians.Read more in the WSJ.
Thanks, +Katherine Stiner
