Ethan Cross

The name comes from the biblical King Solomon, celebrated for his wisdom and judgment, yet portrayed as making increasingly questionable personal and political decisions later in life.

Psychologists Igor Grossman and Ethan Cross coined the term in 2014.

After studying how people reasoned about relationship conflicts, participants tended to consider multiple perspectives, recognize uncertainty, and search for compromise more effectively when imagining someone else's conflict rather than their own.

The researchers also found that self-distancing could help.

Social rejection.

Ethan Cross's study.

Naomi Eisenberger's study.

Yeah.

It's third-person practice.

This is rooted in the experimental work by Ethan Cross at the University of Michigan and Jason Moser at Michigan State on the neurological effects of psychological distance.

What did they do in the experiment?

They put people in fMRI machines and had them reflect on distressing memories.