Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to Social Information Processing.
It is widely known that individuals frequently imitate each other in social situations and that such mimicry fulfills an important social role in the sense that it functions as a social glue. With reference to the anticipated action effect, it has recently been demonstrated that individuals do not o...
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| author | Oliver Genschow Sophie Klomfar Ine d'Haene Marcel Brass |
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| description | It is widely known that individuals frequently imitate each other in social situations and that such mimicry fulfills an important social role in the sense that it functions as a social glue. With reference to the anticipated action effect, it has recently been demonstrated that individuals do not only imitate others, but also engage in anticipated action before the observed person starts engaging in that action. Interestingly, both phenomena (i.e., mimicry and anticipated action) rely on tracking others' social behavior. Therefore, in the present research we investigated whether mimicry and anticipated action are related to social abilities as indicated by measures of social intelligence. The results demonstrate for the first time that mimicry as well as anticipated action is correlated with an important aspect of social intelligence-namely the ability to process social information. Theoretical implications and limitations are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6c86c59d457442f8e2edab2bbfc3ffd2022-12-22T01:14:30ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01133e019374310.1371/journal.pone.0193743Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to Social Information Processing.Oliver GenschowSophie KlomfarIne d'HaeneMarcel BrassIt is widely known that individuals frequently imitate each other in social situations and that such mimicry fulfills an important social role in the sense that it functions as a social glue. With reference to the anticipated action effect, it has recently been demonstrated that individuals do not only imitate others, but also engage in anticipated action before the observed person starts engaging in that action. Interestingly, both phenomena (i.e., mimicry and anticipated action) rely on tracking others' social behavior. Therefore, in the present research we investigated whether mimicry and anticipated action are related to social abilities as indicated by measures of social intelligence. The results demonstrate for the first time that mimicry as well as anticipated action is correlated with an important aspect of social intelligence-namely the ability to process social information. Theoretical implications and limitations are discussed.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5873994?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Oliver Genschow Sophie Klomfar Ine d'Haene Marcel Brass Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to Social Information Processing. PLoS ONE |
| title | Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to Social Information Processing. |
| title_full | Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to Social Information Processing. |
| title_fullStr | Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to Social Information Processing. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to Social Information Processing. |
| title_short | Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to Social Information Processing. |
| title_sort | mimicking and anticipating others actions is linked to social information processing |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5873994?pdf=render |
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