Everyday Mind Reading: Understanding What Other People Think and Feel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Skeptical Inquirer | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: Frazier, Kendrick | Copyright information

Everyday Mind Reading: Understanding What Other People Think and Feel. William Ickes. Prometheus Books, 2003. 349 pp. $25, hardcover. The title doesn't refer to the outrageous antics of "psychic readers," but to the natural human abilities that we often call intuition or empathy. The author (professor of psychology, University of Texas at Arlington) has been studying such matters for fifteen years, and this is his summary of that research. He developed an innovative video...

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