The influence of prosocial priming on visual perspective taking and automatic imitation.

ABSTRACT: Imitation and perspective taking are core features of non-verbal social interactions. We imitate one another to signal a desire to affiliate and consider others' points of view to better understand their perspective. Prior research suggests that a relationship exists between prosocial behaviour and imitation. For example, priming prosocial behaviours has been shown to increase imitative tendencies in automatic imitation tasks. Despite its importance during social interactions, far less is known about how perspective taking might relate to either prosociality or imitation. The current study investigates the relationship between automatic imitation and perspective taking by testing the extent to which these skills are similarly modulated by prosocial priming. Across all experimental groups,

SUBMITTER: Newey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6343917 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature