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The price of keeping secrets

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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How Do We Become Psychologically Capable of Keeping a Secret?

At what age do we become psychologically capable of keeping a secret? If it's about intention and therefore also about being able to imagine other people's minds. Secrecys startef this enduring psychological state whether or not you have to hide a secret in conversation. And then by the time kids are six, they're much better at understanding other people’s minds,. Much better at understanding their own minds, and they start getting better atKeeping secrets is something that comes gradually and in degrees.

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