Infant Emotional Mimicry of Strangers: Associations with Parent Emotional Mimicry, Parent-Infant Mutual Attention, and Parent Dispositional Affective Empathy

Infant Emotional Mimicry of Strangers: Associations with Parent Emotional Mimicry, Parent-Infant Mutual Attention, and Parent Dispositional Affective Empathy

Emotional mimicry, the tendency to automatically and spontaneously reproduce others’ facial expressions, characterizes human social interactions from infancy onwards. Yet, little is known about the factors modulating its development in the first year of life. This study investigated infant emotional...

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Main Authors: Eliala A. Salvadori, Cristina Colonnesi, Heleen Vonk, Frans J. Oort, Evin Aktar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
parent-infant interaction
parenting
infancy
emotional mimicry
affective empathy
mutual attention
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/2/654

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