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

Highlights•People mimic others' facial and emotional expressions, behavioral movements,
and verbal patterns.•Many social factors can facilitate or inhibit mimicry.•Mimicry has …

Compared to our understanding of neurocognitive processes involved producing mimicry,
the downstream consequences of being mimicked are less clear. A wide variety of positive …

This paper joins an effort to build a relational approach to law practice by testing mimicry as
a vehicle for building trust in a legal context. Mimicry research indicates that this …

Past research has found that when victims are ingroup members, observers' social
identification interacts with general belief in a just world (GBJW) to predict judgments about …

Unrealistic optimism bias appears when a person perceives oneself–in comparison to peers–
as less at risk from threats. This bias has been widely reported and the consequences are …

This article examines Wolf's hypothesis of modular judgment in the context of rape myths
and attribution of blame to rape victims. Modular judgment was operationalized using blame …

Abstract Belief in a Just World research found evidence that one feels threatened whenever
one witnesses an innocent victim suffering, often resorting to secondary victimization to …

Numerous experiments have proven that mimicry is highly beneficial (mainly to the mimicker
but also to the mimickee). Some studies have shown initial data suggesting the potential of …

Emotional contagion is a phenomenon that has attracted much interest in recent times.
However, the main theory, mimicry theory, fails to properly address its many facets. In …