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2.1 Mimicry 2.1.1 Overview of mimicry Numbers of studies have shown that people mimic others behaviour. Mimicry is a terms use when people imitate others doing (Stel & Vonk, 2010). Imitate here means that follow, copy, or repeat what others do. Other terms usually use to represent mimicry are synchrony, mirroring (Parrill & Kimbara, 2006), behaviour matching and interactional synchrony (Lakin, Jefferis, Cheng, & Chartrand, 2003). Mimicry can be in verbal and non-verbal form. For verbal, it includes accent, speech, and gesture (Parrill & Kimbara, 2006). For non-verbal, it includes posture (Ramseyer & Tschacher, 2008), yawning (Yoon & Tennie, 2010), eating behaviour (Hermans et al., 2012) and drinking behaviour (Koordeman, Kuntsche, Anschutz, Baaren, & Engels, 2011). Mimicry can happened in sequence manners which one person mimic other person at the same time or mimicry also can happened in simultaneous manners which one person repeated action’s of other person (Stel & Vonk, 2010). Occurrence of mimicry happened naturally which means one person does not has intention to copy others actions. This due to research by cognitive researcher which suggested, human can mimic each other because of tight neural link in perception and action. Perceiving action of others activate same motor system of action in human brain, result in mimic others action. Motor system of action is a part of mirror neurons which function on action understanding and imitation (Knoblich & Sebanz, 2006). Human can mimic action of other’s since at the infant age; one-month after birthed. During this age, infants able to smile, stick their tongue and open their mouth when they see someone doing it. During nine (9) months old, they able to mimic emotional a... ... middle of paper ... ...ams-Huet, Beverley, James, Ashlei, & Rhea, Debbie. (2014). Slower Eating Speed Lowers Energy Intake in Normal-Weight but not Overweight/Obese Subjects. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 1 March 2014. Stel, Marie¨lle, & Vonk, Roos. (2010). Mimicry in social interaction: Benefits for mimickers, mimickees, and their interaction. British Journal of Psycholog, 311-323. Stuart, Richard B. (1967). Behavioral Control Of Overeating. Behavioral Research and Therapy, 5, 357-365. Yoon, Jennifer M.D., & Tennie, Claudio. (2010). Contagious yawning: a reflection of empathy, mimicry, or contagion? Animal Behaviour. Zandian, Modjtaba, Ioakimidis, Ioannis, Bergström, Jakob, Brodin, Ulf, Bergh, Cecilia, Leon, Michael, . . . Södersten, Per. (2012). Children eat their school lunch too quickly: an exploratory study of the effect on food intake BMC Public Health.

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