Name: 尷尬的科學 (The Science of Awkwardness)
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when the other person offers a fist bump.

Not having anything to say and forgetting your phone at home so you can't

be distracted by it. Getting caught staring at a stranger.

Striking up a conversation with someone you don't know in a bathroom.

too much information. Overhearing a couple breaking up.

Noticing food in someone's teeth but not telling them and, well, now it's been too

Smelling a fart in an elevator that wasn't yours

but, well, now you can't even react to it or mention that you've noticed it

or pretend to even know what a fart is. All of those things

awkwardness. It makes us uncomfortable, cringe.

Why is it good and who is the main character

To really understand awkwardness we need to put it in context with the entire

family of forces that guide social behaviour.

Think of this sheet of cardboard as a list all possible behaviours.

It's not infinite because of the limits of science and biology.

You can't move faster than light or be in two places at once.

You can't wear pants made out of molten lead.

Next, there are legal limits - the laws of the state.

They delineate what you agree not to do, lest the authorities

punish you - murder, stealing, speeding. What's left

is molded by the finder tool of social expectations.

It's not illegal to chew with your mouth open or

act disrespectfully, but it is frowned upon.

Punished not by the police, but by social ostracism,

social dynamics by smoothing out what even etiquette doesn't rule on.

It's not a violation of the laws of physics to accidentally hug someone

for longer than they expected. It's not against the law

either. And the etiquette for how long a hug should last

awkward. Like touching a hot stove or getting a parking fine or losing friends,

awkwardness nudges us to avoid certain actions in the future

and smooth things out when they happen. People who demonstrate

are communicating cooperative intentions,

which helps them get along well with others. It's no coincidence that brains,

susceptible to feeling occasional awkwardness, would become so common.

at social life. Feeling awkward shows that you understand

Now, too much or too little concern for social rules

isn't healthy, but researchers found that just the right

When a person shows remorse or embarrassment or

others perceive them as being more trustworthy, and their actions as

more forgivable. And it's not just perception.

Such individuals also tend to be more objectively prosocial when tested.

Kinder, more generous. Even when a person is completely oblivious to a faux pas

People around them can feel uncomfortable. It's called

vicarious embarrassment and it's a function

of empathy - the ability to feel what others feel

or if they realize what they've just done.

easily sympathetically embarrassed, the harder it is for them to sit through

even fictional once like in cringe comedy.

Researchers found that being more easily and pathetically embarrassed

does not correlate to be more easily embarrassed yourself.

Instead, it's linked to being more empathetic,

an important capacity for social creatures to have. Our seemingly

counter-intuitive attraction to viewing cringing moments

like, say, bad American Idol auditions, is perhaps then just a light form

awkwardness is totally different from physical pain

researchers found that social missteps activate, among other regions,

dorsal posterior insula - areas of the brain that are also connected

to the sensation of physical pain. Our brains

process the breaking of social standards and the breaking of

bones through similar neural pathways. Likewise

the same sympathetic nervous system that mobilizes you to deal with physical

"fight or flight", is activated by social challenges

might be at stake. Like events where you are very aware

of being watched. Speaking in front of a group or

embarrassing yourself in front of onlookers or having nothing to say

Your blood pressure increases, causing you to overheat

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尷尬的科學 (The Science of Awkwardness)

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