bare infinitive/full infinitive/ ing form. 1(read peoples minds is impossible. However, mind-readers use a technique called 'cold reading' , which makes it 2(look) like they can 3(understand) what you are thinking. Without 4(know) anything about a person , a practised cold reader is capable of 5(obtain) a great deal of information about a subject just by 6(analyse) their clothes, age, ethnic group, body language, etc. They are also quick 7 (notice) the subjects level of education, accent and place of origin. Cold readers first try 8(make) high-probability guesses; then they are able 9(recognise) signals from the subject as to whether their guesses are going in the right direction, while moving on from missed guesses. S cold reader may 10(make) statements like, 'Your father died due to problems in his chest or abdomen'. This seems 11 (work) well on older subjects, whose father is likely to have died, and the description covers the majority of causes of death. Cold readers often woek with audiences where they use mathematics and probability 12(get) results. People are usually shocked 13 (hear) someone telling them what is going on in their mind;but its all just a simple trick.