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The Illusion of Transparency: Biased Assessments of Others' Ability to Read One's Emotional States

peer-reviewed experiments Gilovich, T., Savitsky, K., & Medvec, V. H. (1998). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(2), 332-346.

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“People overestimate how visible their internal states are to others”

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How Being Low Maintenance Trains People to Overlook You

Consistently presenting as low maintenance conditions the people around you to stop checking, offering, or accommodating — not out of neglect, but because you have reliably signaled that nothing is needed.