Mimicking and anticipating others’ actions is linked to social information processing

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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.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummere0193743
ZeitschriftPLoS ONE
Jahrgang13
Ausgabenummer3
ISSN1932-6203
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 28.03.2018
Extern publiziertJa

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