When people learn that you hold degrees in psychology, their first question is often, “So ... can you read minds?” This inquiry is sometimes made in jest, yet also stems from a sense of curiosity surrounding the field of psychology due to the enigma it presents to individuals who have no background knowledge of what is studied in the discipline. Individuals tend to have many misconceptions about psychotherapists being able to interpret spoken language and about psychology students being covertly evaluating everyone in the room at any given moment. While psychologists can't literally read minds, what does psychology tell us about what can help us 'read' the mind of another? The answer may be surprising, but as far as psychologists are concerned, human beings have a natural capability for reading minds that comes fairly close, without even knowing it, to what might be considered mind-reading.  Each of us, every day of our lives,…