Cognition

Fourth, it’s a documented phenomenon that people over attribute emotionality to their own neutral faces. We’re accurate in recognizing neutral expressions on other faces, but tend to “see” expressions in our own; when we do, we misidentify our expression as negative the great majority of the time.  

Laboring away under the frowning, slightly-askance gaze of your own, slightly-delayed self, and without those perfectly imperfect micro imitation asynchronies we’re built to crave—it’s exhausting work.

Task 1. Answer the questions:

1. 
   Why it is not easy to stare at your Zoom self?
   
2. 
   Why Mirrors are strange?
   
3. 
   When do children start to realize their images in the mirror?
   
4. 
   What are the challenges of Live stream?
   
5. 
   Do you agree with the challenges of Live stream? Why?
   

Task 2. Fill the summary with the words from the text:

Our brains may now be used for language, but our _______ used ______ to communicate. This synchronization of me and not-me includes the ability to identify our _______ from those of others, a talent that requires the same brain regions as distinguishing our own thoughts from those of others but takes a little longer to ______. Your preschooler is still _______ as to how someone may think something different in their thoughts than what is true in the real world. That's why she needs you to explain why she can't nod "yes" during _________, or why you spent 20 minutes looking for shoes that she knew were already in the car (but didn't mention).