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Ever Wondered Why You and Your Friends Have the Same Mannerisms? That’s the Chameleon Effect at Work

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Last updated: 17/10/2023 at 06:49 AM


My friends and I have shared a lot over the years: dorm rooms and apartments, stories of high school crushes and every little detail of the date one of us went on, and cover letters via Google Docs. Over time, we’ve even adopted one another’s mannerisms and language quirks… without necessarily being able to pinpoint how or why. (Case in point: I regularly say, “Y’all,” even though I grew up in Pennsylvania.) According to psychology, we’ve all been unintentionally blending our quirks and camouflaging with one another á la the chameleon effect. A peculiar phenomenon of social psychology, the cha

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