It’s tempting to try to bypass co-workers in the break room or limit small talk with the person waiting next to you in an effort to avoid what you suspect will be a dull conversation. But new research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Westend61/Getty Images) We all dread getting trapped in a conversation with that neighbor who won't shut up about his gym routine ...

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Although conversations are such a normal and mundane part of our social lives, we are often surprisingly anxious around them. People tend to believe that others like them less than they actually do, ...

We all dread getting trapped in a conversation with that neighbor who won't shut up about his gym routine – but a new study suggests we don't actually hate it as much as we assume we will. In a series ...