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28/06/2014 GMT

Indirect Experience

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What can we learn by observing others? With Xiaolu Guo, Elinor Cleghorn & Armita Golkar

Immersing ourselves in other people's experiences - when is it useful and natural social interaction, and when does it become an unhealthy spectator sport? Joining Bridget Kendall to discuss are award-winning Chinese writer and film-maker Xiaolu Guo, British art curator and mirror-touch synaesthesia researcher Elinor Cleghorn, and Swedish psychologist of fear Armita Golkar.

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