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This week on hidden brain. Rudeness and incivility seem to showing up everywhere these days. What effect does this tide of nastiness have on all of us? According to the old adage, sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. But is this really true? At georgetown university, behavoral scientist, christine porath studies the effects incivility on our communities, our careers, even our capacity for creativity.

It’s not your imagination: rudeness appears to be on the rise. Witnessing rude behavior — whether it's coming from angry customers berating a store clerk or airline passengers getting into a fistfight — can have long-lasting effects on our minds. But behavioral scientist Christine Porath says there are ways to shield ourselves from the toxic effects of incivility.

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