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Mimicry

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An automatically elicited response mirroring another person’s emotional expression conveyed by facial, vocal, or postural expressions, or by movements.

References

Vrtička, P., Favre, P., & Singer, T. (2017). Compassion and the brain. Compassion: Concepts, research and applications, 135-150.