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@article{citeulike:4746350, abstract = {Mimicry facilitates the ability to understand what other people are feeling. The present research investigated whether this is also true when the expressions that are being mimicked do not reflect the other person's true emotions. In interactions, targets either lied or told the truth, while observers mimicked or did not mimic the targets' facial and behavioral movements. Detection of deception was measured directly by observers' judgments of the extent to which they thought the targets were telling the truth and indirectly by observers' assessment of targets' emotions. The results demonstrated that nonmimickers were more accurate than mimickers in their estimations of targets' truthfulness and of targets' experienced emotions. The results contradict the view that mimicry facilitates the understanding of people's felt emotions. In the case of deceptive messages, mimicry hinders this emotional understanding.}, address = {Leiden University}, author = {Stel, Mari\"{e}lle and van Dijk, Eric and Olivier, Einav}, citeulike-article-id = {4746350}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02350.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122369131/ABSTRACT}, comment = {http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/06/gullible-mimics.html}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02350.x}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {deception, mimicry, overcomingbias, psychology}, number = {6}, pages = {693--699}, posted-at = {2009-06-04 17:36:11}, priority = {2}, title = {You Want to Know the Truth? Then Don't Mimic!}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02350.x}, volume = {20}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4746350 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4746350 N2 - Mimicry facilitates the ability to understand what other people are feeling. The present research investigated whether this is also true when the expressions that are being mimicked do not reflect the other person's true emotions. In interactions, targets either lied or told the truth, while observers mimicked or did not mimic the targets' facial and behavioral movements. Detection of deception was measured directly by observers' judgments of the extent to which they thought the targets were telling the truth and indirectly by observers' assessment of targets' emotions. The results demonstrated that nonmimickers were more accurate than mimickers in their estimations of targets' truthfulness and of targets' experienced emotions. The results contradict the view that mimicry facilitates the understanding of people's felt emotions. In the case of deceptive messages, mimicry hinders this emotional understanding. IS - 6 JF - Psychological Science AD - Leiden University EP - 699 TI - You Want to Know the Truth? Then Don't Mimic! VL - 20 SP - 693 KW - deception KW - mimicry KW - overcomingbias KW - psychology N1 - http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/06/gullible-mimics.html AU - Stel, Mariëlle AU - van Dijk, Eric AU - Olivier, Einav PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02350.x ER -