Why do some have a habit of mimicking gestures of people around them?

Most of us have a tendency of copying gestures of our friends and people around us subconsciously.This type of behavior is called mirroring.
Some set of people say that we synchronize our reactions in order to survive and evolve because this makes a person stronger and they are respected in the society.
The other set of people say that this happens because of a neuron which is responsible for recognizing faces and understanding their expressions.


Do you have a habit of copying other's gestures? What's the actual reason for people to act like this?

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Originally Posted by Helena

Most of us have a tendency of copying gestures of our friends and people around us subconsciously.This type of behavior is called mirroring.
Some set of people say that we synchronize our reactions in order to survive and evolve because this makes a person stronger and they are respected in the society.
The other set of people say that this happens because of a neuron which is responsible for recognizing faces and understanding their expressions.


Do you have a habit of copying other's gestures? What's the actual reason for people to act like this?

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No,I don't have that habit,I think Some people try to adopt their role models gestures to become like them.

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Originally Posted by Bhavya

No,I don't have that habit,I think Some people try to adopt their role models gestures to become like them.

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Not only role models.In my POV the gestures of the people who spend more time with us and of our friends impact on our behavior more than our role models

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Originally Posted by Helena

Not only role models.In my POV the gestures of the people who spend more time with us and of our friends impact on our behavior more than our role models

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Our friends mickmick us to have fun at our expense, I think it's a healthy fun banter