People mimic each other, but we aren't chameleons
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 06:30
in Psychology & Sociology
(Medical Xpress) -- Its easy to pick up on the movements that other people makescratching your head, crossing your legs. But a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that people only feel the urge to mimic each other when they have the same goal.