Craft Of Charisma

Guest Introduction: Dr. Thalma Lobel is an internationally recognized psychologist, and a professor at the School of Psychological Sciences at Tel Aviv University, where she is the director of the child development center. She has been a visiting professor at Harvard, and a visiting researcher at Tufts, the University of California San Diego, and New York University. She is also the author of the book “Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence.” Interview Summary: In this interview, Thalma discusses how our senses affect the way we think, feel, and act, and references a number of fascinating scientific experiments. She first talks about how temperature and texture affect us. Thalma explains why holding a warm object can increase feelings of likeability and trust. She also explains why holding a rough object versus a soft object can make us perceive the same interaction as more argumentative or more cooperative. Thalma then talks about how the color red impacts us. She describes how seeing red te