Mimicry and Prosocial Behavior

By Rick B. van Baaren, Rob W. Holland, K. Kawakami, A. van Knippenberg. Psychology Science, 2004

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Social cognition (2008, background): “B (2008) at our companion, but to the world in general (van Baaren et al. 2004).”
Linguistic alignment between people and computers (2010, background): “…display greater prosocial behavior (e.g., helpfulness and generosity) towards other people who were not involved in the mimicry interaction (van Baaren et al., 2004). van Baaren et al. (2004) therefore suggested that imitating each other’s behavior may therefore have an evolutionary basis, in…”
Does synchrony promote generalized prosociality? (2014, background): “Indeed, the generalized prosociality that has been observed from dyadic mimicry (van Baaren et al., 2004) appears also to occur from group synchrony.”
Language Use, Coordination, and the Emergence of Cooperative Action (2008, background): “That is, movement similarity not only is a concomitant of rapport but also causes individuals to be more helpful and generous to others [ 66 , 67].”