The Echo Effect: The Power of Verbal Mimicry to Influence Prosocial Behavior

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-201

  Kulesza, Wojciech ^a,b   Dolinski, Dariusz ^a   Huisman, Avia ^c   Majewski, Robert ^a  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication accommodation theory; contact; conversational analysis; emotions; intonation; research method; silencing; speech rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894068485     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X13506906     Document Type: Article

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