quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

does. It requires a kind of mental multitasking:
the ability to process a lot of
short-term information at once without
becoming distracted or overly stressed.
This is just the sort of brain functioning
that extroverts tend to be well suited
for. In other words, extroverts are sociable
because their brains are good at
handling competing demands on their
attention—which is just what dinnerparty
conversation involves. In contrast,
introverts often feel repelled by
social events that force them to attend
to many people at once.
Consider that the simplest social interaction
between two people requires
performing an astonishing array of
tasks: interpreting what the other person
is saying; reading body language
and facial expressions; smoothly taking
turns talking and listening; responding
to what the other person said; assessing
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