Understanding the role of the ‘self’ in the social priming of mimicry

People have a tendency to unconsciously mimic other's actions. This mimicry has been regarded as a prosocial response which increases social affiliation. Previous research on social priming of mimicry demonstrated an assimilative relationship between mimicry and prosociality of the primed const...

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Main Authors: Wang, Yin, Hamilton, Antonia F. de C.
Format: Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2966/