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emotional resonance (mirroring) and mental states attribution (mentalizing) (Dor´e et al. 2015,
Zaki et al. 2009). Another developing line of research is in the study of neurological and physi-
ological processes that co-occur between people in interaction (Babiloni & Astolfi 2014, Finset
2014). Understanding the interconnections between brain activity, including activation of mirror
neurons, and interpersonal mimicry or synchrony, emotional contagion, interpersonal accuracy,
and other interpersonal phenomena will continue to be an important goal.
General Conclusions
Despite a wealth of accumulated understanding of NVC, there are noticeable gaps in the literature.
With regard to encoding NVC, a challenge is to go beyond simply studying cues in isolation to un-
derstand how cues operate in concert and over time, reflect meaning and intention, and exert their
impact. With regard to IPA, little is definitely known about the antecedents of this ability, includ-
ing the nature of the life experiences that might make a person more or less accurate, the relative
contributions of accuracy motivation and declarative knowledge about the meanings and usages of
NVC, and the role of interpersonal mimicry and other proximal (situational) factors in the judg-
ment of others’ emotion cues. As alluded to above, the IPA field consists overwhelmingly of corre-
lational studies where causal mechanisms and causality itself have rarely been determined. Thus,
although there are many results that can be seen as outcomes of having this ability (e.g., among
clinicians and in workplaces and relationships), the causal nature of these pathways is not known,
nor are the mediating behaviors that may account for such effects (Schmid Mast & Hall 2018).
We have come far, but controversies and mysteries (old and new) still enliven researchers. These
include debate over universality versus cultural specificity of NVC (in both its occurrence and its
meaning) and the balance of conscious and nonconscious processes in encoding and decoding.
The study of the impact of social media and digital devices on people’s NVC skills is in its infancy.
Questions about how technology might affect rising generations could have profound implications
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