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The tendency to automatically mimic and synchronize facial expressions, vocalizations, postures, and movements with those of another person’s (i.e. mimicry) and, consequently, to converge emotionally.
References
Hatfield, E., Rapson, R. L., & Le, Y. C. L. (2011). Emotional contagion and empathy. The social neuroscience of empathy., 19.