Fabiola Diana, Oscar E Juárez-Mora, Wouter Boekel, Ruud Hortensius, Mariska E Kret
Many social species, humans included, mimic emotional expressions, with important consequences for social bonding. Although humans increasingly interact via video calls, little is known about the effect of these online interactions on the mimicry of scratching and yawning, and their linkage with trust. The current study investigated whether mimicry and trust are affected by these new communication media. Using participant-confederate dyads ( n = 27), we tested the mimicry of four behaviours across three different conditions: watching a pre-recorded video, online video call, and face-to-face...
April 24, 2023: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences