Behaviorof scientist christine porat studies incivility. She's found it has powerful and long lasting effects on our thinking, on our emotions and on our well being. When people treat us rudely, our first impulse might be to respond in kind. But at least sometimes rudeness can be unintentional. Is there a way to put the genie back in the bottle? You're listening to hitden brain. I'm shankerve dante.
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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