Knowing vs. Mind Reading

Research showed that couples married for 10 years or longer had a similar ability as relative strangers to finish each other's sentences. Despite knowing each other better, there was an overestimation in the couples' ability to guess each other's thoughts. The key takeaway is that people are not good at mind reading, and the most effective way to understand someone's thinking is to communicate openly and directly with them.

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