The influence of facial signals on the automatic imitation of hand actions

Imitation and facial signals are fundamental social cues that guide interactions with others, but little is known regarding the relationship between these behaviours. It is clear that during expression detection, we imitate observed expressions by engaging similar facial muscles. It is proposed that...

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Main Authors: Emily E Butler, Robert Ward, Richard Ramsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01653/full