# Mirroring
## Notes
Mirroring is a social phenomenon that is triggered by mirror neurons that fire when we observe and (Aka:: [[Imitation|imitate]]) another's emotional state. This is the biological reason for (Related:: [[Empathy]]), because, through the mirror neurons, we can sense the other's feelings. For example, when we see someone eat, we get hungry. Perhaps this is also the reason why (Jump:: [[human is a social being]]), because caring and looking at how others behave is embedded within us.
There are many potential benefits for mirroring and the empathy it creates:
1. **Cooperation** - by understanding better one another, we are more likely to (Supports:: [[cooperation|cooperate]])
2. **Shared learning** - We learn faster as a group because we don't have to personally reinvent the wheel each time, but rather learn from other's mistakes and copy their behavior (Reminds:: [[peer support]]).
3. **Better communication** - when we echo other's emotional state and even the words they use to describe their situation, we become better (Supports:: [[active listening|listeners]]), and we are more likely to communicate better with them.
4. **Shared identity** - mirroring can run deep, with enough exposure we can imitate not just their behavior, but also their values, reasons, and perspective, influencing our identity (Aka:: [[interpersonal identity]]). It is also why we tend to be very similar to our close (Jump:: [[relationships]]), because we mirror each other back and forth until you are almost "the same person".
However, we don't mirror others equally. We tend to imitate less those who are from a different group than us (Related:: [[us vs them]])
Since mirroring is mostly an automatic process (although we can also try to spark it), it can create unpleasant consequences such as (Jump:: [[Social Environment|Herd Mentality]]). The more we are the minority opinion, the more we are likely to abandon it to fit in with others. This assimilation is not fake; we come to believe what others believe as well.
## Visual
![[Mirroring.webp]]
## Connections
```dataviewjs
const queryPath = "Extras/Queries/connections_query.js"
const queryContent = await dv.io.load(queryPath)
dv.executeJs(queryContent);
```
## Overview
🔼Topic:: [[Communication (MOC)]]
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