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07/06/2014 GMT

Social Intelligence

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Some people seem to get on with anyone and everyone: is it down to talent or practice?

We put communication and interaction under the microscope to explore social intelligence with Eshel Ben-Jacob, Romesh Gunesekera and Elizabeth Stokoe.

These days, it’s not just IQ that people measure when they talk about intelligence. Social intelligence is a big field of research. How we interact can be about building success as individuals, cooperating to achieve an outcome for your group or tribe, but what about at the microscopic level? Samira Ahmed discusses these issues with bio-physicist, professor Eshel Ben-Jacob, writer Romesh Gunesekera, and professor of social interaction Elizabeth Stokoe. 

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