to and feel empathy for. Thanks for this article. I'm glad I found it. Michael Dec 2nd 2011 What an extremely misleading title... Boy i would have killed to be in one of those studies, but since thats not possible, this read was just a big waste of time. Thanks for that. A Jul 15th 2012 In reply to A Set up a session yourself. Take a little initiative. Go to your own unconference. Post an ad in the paper. Do it at your workplace. Heck, just do it with one other person you already sorta know. Brain Sep 2nd 2012 I would like to know the effects of performing this exercise more than once. I feel like after one or two times of going through the questions (assuming that this is the only set the subjects received) it would feel more like one was "going through the motions" so to speak. Is active thinking about yourself- making self-realizations, assuming you don't already know the exact way you would respond- a large but unspoken part of this exercise? Or is simply giving and receiving this type of information (under the right circumstances, as many have pointed out) the key? Of course one could probably make an effort to think about the questions differently, or come up with new answers. Just curious how many times you could make a new friend, or build on an existing relationship, simply by having this list of questions handy at the right moment. Eric Jul