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Kulesza, Wojciech ORCID: 0000-0001-5457-6396, Chrobot, Nina ORCID: 0000-0002-5344-7506, Dolinski, Dariusz ORCID: 0000-0002-4225-4258, Muniak, Pawel, Binkowska, Dominika, Grzyb, Tomasz and Genschow, Oliver (2022). Imagining is Not Observing: The Role of Simulation Processes Within the Mimicry-Liking Expressway. J. Nonverbal Behav., 46 (3). S. 233 - 247. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1573-3653

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Abstract

Individuals automatically mimic a wide range of different behaviors, and such mimicking behavior has several social benefits. One of the landmark findings in the literature is that being mimicked increases liking for the mimicker. Research in cognitive neuroscience demonstrated that mentally simulating motor actions is neurophysiologically similar to engaging in these actions. Such research would predict that merely imagining being mimicked produces the same results as actually experiencing mimicry. To test this prediction, we conducted two experiments. In Experiment 1, being mimicked increased liking for the mimicker only when mimicry was directly experienced, but not when it was merely imagined. Experiment 2 replicated this finding within a high-powered online sample: merely imagining being mimicked does not produce the same effects as being actually mimicked. Theoretical and practical implications of these experiments are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kulesza, Wojciech UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5457-6396 UNSPECIFIED Chrobot, Nina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-7506 UNSPECIFIED Dolinski, Dariusz UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-4258 UNSPECIFIED Muniak, Pawel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Binkowska, Dominika UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Grzyb, Tomasz UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Genschow, Oliver UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-665654
DOI:	10.1007/s10919-022-00399-1
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Nonverbal Behav.
Volume:	46
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 233 - 247
Date:	2022
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-3653
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MOTOR; CHAMELEON; PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR; MODULATION; EXECUTION; ATTENTION; RESPONSES; BENEFITS; IMPACT Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66565