Author name: ken.brodabahm

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: When you first meet someone, the process of coming to like and trust them is a delicate one. The received wisdom in communication is that this first-impression determination of trust is based mostly on nonverbal communication and is formed in a fraction of a second. Only “Not so fast,” say

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: I don’t like the phrase “mind reading,” particularly as applied to juries and judges. It invokes some inaccurate stereotypes of what trial consultants do and of what is possible when watching or modeling a jury. Whenever I’m asked to sit in court to observe, I make sure the client is

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Attitudes are the foundation for what we believe and how we act. But that foundation is often a shifty one. In my last post, I wrote about the psychology of hypocrisy, noting the recent shift in attitudes toward Donald Trump after he became his party’s de facto nominee. His favorables