Mindwise : How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want

Mindwise stands out from the crowd. It is surprising, intelligent and convincing (Daniel Finkelstein The Times)

Psychologist Nicholas Epley's Mindwise provides a guide to understanding the minds of others. His engrossing book outlines the strategies that we use: projecting from our own minds, using stereotypes, and inferring from others' actions ... Epley is a lucid and magnetic host, and his book ... is crammed with evidence-based research. (Independent)

Mindwise is good reading for negotiators, the makers of public policy, heck, for anyone who interacts with other people, and that should be all of us. Mr. Epley is a genial, informative host in this tour of some of the most interesting findings in the social psychology of understanding one another, which he calls "mind-reading." His examples are drawn from the headlines as well as the peer-reviewed literature, and he keeps things going at a quick pace without dumbing-down the science. (Wall Street Journal)

Epley lays out his argument alternately as thesis and antithesis in clear, engaging prose. He cites plenty of research, but illustrates his examples from everyday life and popular culture. This makes for enjoyable reading. (New York Journal of Books)

A comfortingly slim volume about the ability we all have to understand others ... how wonderful to have this insight into the extent of our ignorance (Dominic Lawson Sunday Times)