Psychology of Team Building: The Table Is Round Part 1

Guest Speaker:

• Dr. John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. https://johnmedina.com/

Moderators:

• Suzen Heeley, Executive Director of Design & Construction at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
• Jennifer Cagide-Alexander, Health Principal in HDR’s New York studio.

Episode Description:

• This episode unpacks the social science behind the psychology of individual personalities and team dynamics.
• The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is a psychological assessment designed to measure an individual's ability to recognize emotions and mental states from the eye region of faces, primarily used in research on social cognition and empathy. https://www.idrlabs.com/rmet/test.php
• Anita Wooley Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1193147
• Mentalizing Network Frontiers | Where We Mentalize: Main Cortical Areas Involved in Mentalization