Behavioral mimicry—the automatic imitation of gestures, postures, mannerisms, and other
motor movements—is pervasive in human interactions. The current review focuses on two …

Most human cognition occurs outside conscious awareness or conscious control. Some of
these implicit processes influence social perception, judgment and action. The past 15 years …

As a distinct feature of human social interactions, spontaneous mimicry has been widely
investigated in the past decade. Research suggests that mimicry is a subtle and flexible …

Mimicry involves unconsciously copying the actions of others. Increasing evidence suggests
that autistic people can copy the goal of an observed action but show differences in their …

Research on the chameleon effect has demonstrated that social benefits, such as liking,
safety, rapport, affiliation, and cohesion can be evoked through nonverbal imitation (eg …

We propose and test a theory explaining how and why decision makers engage in
attractiveness discrimination in selection decisions. We integrate status generalization with …

The present study investigates people's perceived likelihood of experiencing negative
emotion in response to a potentially jealousy-inducing Facebook wall post that was …

Past research has found that men negotiate more unethically than women, although many
studies report comparable rates of unethical negotiation behaviors. Based on evolutionary …

The present research explored the effects of nonverbal mimicry behavior and mimicker
attractiveness in a natural retail context. A 3 (nonverbal mimicry, nonmimicking …

Attractive people are perceived to be healthier, wealthier, and more sociable. Yet, people
often judge the attractiveness of others based on incomplete and inaccurate facial …