He aqui una forma sencilla y eficaz de crear rapport, empatia y simpatia con
otro hominido: Imitandolo.

No les parece encantador este hallazgo?

Saludos,

Franz

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Capuchin Monkeys Display Affiliation Toward Humans Who Imitate Them
Science 14 August 2009:
Vol. 325. no. 5942, pp. 880 - 883
Annika Paukner et al.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/325/5942/880
During social interactions, humans often unconsciously and unintentionally
imitate the behaviors of others, which increases rapport, liking, and empathy
between interaction partners. This effect is thought to be an evolutionary
adaptation that facilitates group living and may be shared with other primate
species. Here, we show that capuchin monkeys, a highly social primate species,
prefer human imitators over non-imitators in a variety of ways: The monkeys look
longer at imitators, spend more time in proximity to imitators, and choose to
interact more frequently with imitators in a token exchange task. These results
demonstrate that imitation can promote affiliation in nonhuman primates.
Behavior matching that leads to prosocial behaviors toward others may have been
one of the mechanisms at the basis of altruistic behavioral tendencies in
capuchins and in other primates, including humans.

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Imitation Promotes Social Bonding in Primates
Capuchin Monkeys Predisposed Toward Individuals Who Imitate Them
NIH News
August 13, 2009
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/aug2009/nichd-13.htm