Scientists call this phenomenon emotional mimicry. Biologists and psychologists consider this automatic matching of another’s ...

I show animals that learned to mimic human speech in surprising ways.

Humans not only recognize emotions on the faces of monkeys and apes but also unconsciously mimic those expressions.

How does mimicry affect the way we judge other people? Whose behaviour do we imitate, and in what situations? It turns out that we are more likely to mimic people who express joy, and we perceive ...