Parr: Video-only viewers predicted 1992 debate outcome better than audio-only listeners
Sam Parr · $50M Poker Pro Shares Emotional Intelligence Tricks For Founders · Oct 6, 2025 · at 20:55
Sam Parr discusses nonverbal communication with poker player Daniel Negreanu, citing a study analyzing voter perceptions of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential debates.
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“They did this test where what they did was they got rid of the audio of the video and they just showed you the body language of the two people, Bush and Bill Clinton. And then this other test, they, you could only listen to the audio. And what they found was the people who only watched the video and didn't hear the audio Could predict exactly what happened to the outcome. Whereas the people who only listen to the audio, they couldn't exactly tell what happened.”
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