Sharing a plate of food leads to more successful negotiations

SHRIMP COCKTAIL, grilled sirloin with pear kimchi and chocolate lava cake. Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un had the same food brought to them on individual plates during their summit on February 27th. Psychologists think a meal like this is a good first step towards improving relations. But new work suggests there might have been a more positive outcome with a different serving arrangement.As Kaitlin Woolley of Cornell University and Ayelet Fishbach of the University of Chicago report in , a meal taken “family-style” from a central platter can greatly improve the outcome of subsequent negotiations.