Spontaneous Facial Mimicry Is Enhanced by the Goal of Inferring Emotional States: Evidence for Moderation of “Automatic” Mimicry by Higher Cognitive Processes

• Aiko Murata,

  Affiliations Department of Behavioral Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hisamichi Saito,

  Affiliation Department of Behavioral Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Joanna Schug,

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Kenji Ogawa,

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Tatsuya Kameda

  * E-mail: tkameda@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Social Psychology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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