Mind & EverydayFact
They liked the conversation more than you think.
In 2018 Boothby and colleagues had strangers talk, then estimate how much the other person liked them. Nearly everyone systematically underestimated it – the “liking gap”. It appeared after five-minute chats, among first-year roommates over months, and in workshops. We judge ourselves more harshly than our conversation partners do.
Useful: After meeting someone new, assume it went better than your head makes it feel.
Source: doi.org