Emotional Contagion

Hatfield, Elaine; Cacioppo, John T.; Rapson, Richard L.

doi:10.1111/1467-8721.ep10770953

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“…Among individuals who do not tend to compare themselves to others viewing strangers' positive Instagram posts resulted in increased positive affect. These results are in line with the idea that individuals adopt emotions expressed by others (Hatfield et al, 1993) and add to the evidence that emotional contagion can occur through viewing others' social media posts (Johnson & Knobloch-Westerwick, 2016;Kramer et al, 2014;Lin & Utz, 2015).…”

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“…Social information encountered on social media may also impact the viewer's affect through emotional contagion (Johnson & KnoblochWesterwick, 2016;Lin & Utz, 2015). Emotional contagion is a process in which people adopt emotions expressed by others (Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson, 1993). Initially, scholars believed that emotional contagion is caused by interaction partners automatically mimicking each other's facial expressions (Hatfield et al, 1993).…”

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“…Emotional contagion is a process in which people adopt emotions expressed by others (Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson, 1993). Initially, scholars believed that emotional contagion is caused by interaction partners automatically mimicking each other's facial expressions (Hatfield et al, 1993). However, more recent evidence suggests that facial mimicking is not a necessary condition for emotional contagion to occur (Hess & Blairy, 2001;Neumann & Strack, 2000).…”

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“…de Waal (12) has suggested a similar connection during phylogeny, i.e., humans and apes, which possess MSR, show more complex expressions of empathy than do monkeys, which lack MSR. This distinction is not to deny emotional connectedness in monkeys, but empathy in these animals may not go beyond so-called emotional contagion, i.e., matching of another's emotional state (13).…”

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The monkey in the mirror: Hardly a stranger

Waal

Dindo

Freeman

et al. 2005

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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It is widely assumed that monkeys see a stranger in the mirror, whereas apes and humans recognize themselves. In this study, we question the former assumption by using a detailed comparison of how monkeys respond to mirrors versus live individuals. Eight adult female and six adult male brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) were exposed twice to three conditions: (i ) a familiar same-sex partner, (ii ) an unfamiliar same-sex partner, and (iii ) a mirror. Females showed more eye contact and friendly behavior and fewer signs of anxiety in front of a mirror than they did when exposed to an unfamiliar partner. Males showed greater ambiguity, but they too reacted differently to mirrors and strangers. Discrimination between conditions was immediate, and blind coders were able to tell the difference between monkeys under the three conditions. Capuchins thus seem to recognize their reflection in the mirror as special, and they may not confuse it with an actual conspecific. Possibly, they reach a level of self-other distinction intermediate between seeing their mirror image as other and recognizing it as self.primate ͉ self-awareness ͉ empathy ͉ development

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“…A component of this embodied emotion theory is the facial feedback hypothesis, according to which information from one's own facial expressions feeds back into the brain and triggers or colors emotional responses, and influences emotional judgments (Adelmann & Zajonc, 1989;Buck, 1980;Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson, 1993;McIntosh, 1996;Strack, Martin, & Stepper, 1988). Support for this hypothesis comes from research showing that voluntarily producing emotional facial expressions results in specific physiological activity patterns (Ekman, Levenson, & Friesen, 1983) and shapes corresponding subjective feelings.…”

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Gender differences in the neural network of facial mimicry of smiles – An rTMS study

Korb

Malsert

Rochas

et al. 2015

Cortex

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a b s t r a c tUnder theories of embodied emotion, exposure to a facial expression triggers facial mimicry. Facial feedback is then used to recognize and judge the perceived expression.However, the neural bases of facial mimicry and of the use of facial feedback remain poorly understood. Furthermore, gender differences in facial mimicry and emotion recognition suggest that different neural substrates might accompany the production of facial mimicry, and the processing of facial feedback, in men and women. Here, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was applied to the right primary motor cortex (M1), the right primary somatosensory cortex (S1), or, in a control condition, the vertex (VTX).Facial mimicry of smiles and emotion judgments were recorded in response to video clips depicting changes from neutral or angry to happy facial expressions. While in females rTMS over M1 and S1 compared to VTX led to reduced mimicry and, in the case of M1, delayed detection of smiles, there was no effect of TMS condition for males. We conclude that in female participants M1 and S1 play a role in the mimicry and in the use of facial feedback for accurate processing of smiles.© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. c o r t e x 7 0 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 1 0 1 e1 1 4http://dx

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Emotional Contagion

Cited by 1,649 publications

References 8 publications

Social Comparison as the Thief of Joy: Emotional Consequences of Viewing Strangers’ Instagram Posts

Social Comparison as the Thief of Joy: Emotional Consequences of Viewing Strangers’ Instagram Posts

The monkey in the mirror: Hardly a stranger

Gender differences in the neural network of facial mimicry of smiles – An rTMS study

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