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Why hyperperception doesn't translate to social understanding

I can read every micro-expression on people's faces but I still cannot understand what they actually want from me and it is exhausting.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Enhanced sensory awareness without intuitive social mapping creates a constant state of effortful translation.

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