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Conversational flow and awkward silences - nest0r - 2011-01-08
Apply it how you will... ;p
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/the-deep-pain-of-awkward-silences-26246/
Why are those few soundless seconds so incredibly uncomfortable? Newly published research suggests they elicit primal fears, activating anxiety-provoking feelings of incompatibility and exclusion.
“Conversational flow is associated with positive emotions, and a heightened sense of belonging, self-esteem, social validation and consensus,” a research team led by psychologist Namkje Koudenburg writes in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. “Disrupting the flow by a brief silence produces feelings of rejection and negative emotions.”