Bhaumik Patel

Participants in three experiments wrote gratitude letters and then predicted how surprised, happy, and awkward recipients would feel. Recipients then reported how receiving an expression of gratitude actually made them feel. Expressers significantly underestimated how surprised recipients would be about why expressers were grateful, overestimated... See more

doing IFS with a partner is not about having a conversation. It’s about creating a therapeutic container.

Metacognitive Prompting The overall goal is to create AI systems that can deeply understand and align with individual human users. To achieve this, the researchers propose using a learning technique inspired by cognitive science theories about how human brains work.… Show more

A fourth paper looks at spontaneous contacts, when we reach out to someone in our social circle who we may not have spoken to in a bit - to say “hi” or to catch up. We don’t do it enough, and (I know this will shock you!) the reason is because we think it will be akward and not appreciated. And, of course, as you might suspect, people really... See more

To practice IFS is to build a relationship between your Self and your various parts.