I can't remember, either, Annette, but it's out there. I remember after reading it becoming very self-conscious about how I was sitting in group meetings -- not wanting to find myself mimicking any one group member's posture...
Something else that's interesting is the work of a former student of mine (Molly Ireland; also a former student of J. Pennebaker) on what she calls "language style matching." It's not only physical posture that we mimic, but the way we speak. (And as a former S Texan, I can tell you that when I go back and visit home, I speak quite differently....) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:40 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] mimicking others during communication > > Hi All: > > First of all, thanks to those who provided ideas for the reseach > methods activity in intro. I am following up on a couple of those > ideas. I may have too high a bar for intro; it's sometimes hard to > judge when you teach everything from intro through senior advanced > research methods labs. > > New query: > > I remember reading sometime in the last year, I think, an article that > suggested that communication is enhanced if during the conversation > people make reciprocal, unconscious adjustments to their body language > in which each person's body language approaches that of the other. > > Does this sound familiar to anyone? I have tried to find it again and > have tried search words in both google scholar and psychinfo that > include "communication mimic gestures body" but I am unable to locate > it again. > > If anyone remembers such a paper, maybe you can just email me off list > (I only get the digest anyway). > > Thanks! > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > tay...@sandiego.edu > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e > 1&n=T&l=tips&o=19975 > or send a blank email to leave-19975- > 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19976 or send a blank email to leave-19976-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
