Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2023 Oct;53:101658. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101658. Epub 2023 Jul 6.
The pattern of response times in conversation can reveal a lot about how people listen to each other. Fast response times not only telegraph eagerness but provide evidence of attending in such a way as to almost finish the other's sentences. In other situations, slow response times are more appropriate, such as when listening prompts deeper reflection, or to leave space for the enjoyment of an inside joke. Here we argue that close relationships are not marked exclusively by one or the other pattern, but by the ability to toggle effortlessly between the two as the conversation demands.
对话中反应时间的模式可以揭示很多关于人们如何相互倾听的信息。快速的反应时间不仅传递出急切的信号，还提供了注意力高度集中的证据，以至于几乎可以说完对方的句子。在其他情况下，较慢的反应时间更为合适，例如在倾听可以促进更深入的思考时，或者为了享受内部笑话而留出空间时。在这里，我们认为，亲密关系的标志不是仅仅由一种模式来标记，而是能够根据对话的需要，毫不费力地在两者之间切换。
