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introverts assigned to the cooperative

game rated all players—not just their

competitors, but also their teammates—more

positively than the introverts

who played the competitive game.

The extroverts did just the opposite:

they rated all players more positively

when they played the competitive version

of the game. These findings suggest

something very important: introverts

like people they meet in friendly

contexts; extroverts prefer those they

compete with.

A very different study, in which robots

interacted with stroke patients

during physical rehabilitation exercises,

yielded strikingly similar results. Introverted

patients responded better and interacted

longer with robots that were

designed to speak in a soothing, gentle

manner: “I know it is hard, but remember

that it’s for your own good,” and,

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