Summary Of Quiet By Susan Cain

A Summary of Quiet In Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Susan Cain delves into human personality and the determinants of a person's social attitudes. As she is an introvert herself, Cain focuses on introversion and its overlooked role in modern society. Cain starts by explaining that the introvert is not "shy," but rather overstimulated by social interaction. This overstimulation often causes the introvert to recede and move away from conversation. Evasive behavior like this causes people to become frustrated or bored when talking to introverted individuals. Extroverts, however, are seen as outgoing and confident. They are, therefore, glorified throughout history. Their ability to make friends captures the attention of anyone who meets them. Cain explains that extroverts are not necessarily superior, but that introverts are often better than extroverts when it comes to profiling and connecting to the people they talk to. Extroverts often miss most of the more subtle social cues people send when communicating, where introverts catch all of it. An extrovert may be able to describe the lives of their friends, but introverts can describe a person's personality and temperament. As introverts can better understand others, Cain explains that they can make as great of leaders as their extroverted

Neurologists believe that the limbic system is one of the brain's oldest regions because it is present in much simpler organisms. It controls fear, sadness, and other more negative emotions. A group of scientists at Stony Brook University recently found proof that the amygdala is directly related to "high reactivity." They used fMRI machines to observe a subject's response to stimuli. Introverts (or more reactive individuals) showed higher activity in the their amygdala when compared to less reactive