W e all subtly mirror the facial expressions of the people around us, smiling when they smile, furrowing our brows in concert ...

Facial mimicry refers to automatic copying of another person’s facial expressions. When one person smiles, a listener may copy that smile without effort or awareness. Similar copying happens with ...

Can mimicry and mirroring another person’s action while interacting with them increase rapport and make them like you more? Or could it have an adverse effect and lead to a negative perception of you?

If you’ve received an Amazon.com shipment over the past few days, you may want to proceed with caution. Your brain has been unconsciously primed. Printed along the side of Amazon’s ubiquitous ...

People love going to zoos. You get a close-up look at wild animals, might get to watch sea lions jump through a hoop, and just might be cussed out by an unruly gang of parrots. Wait, what? That’s ...