“When two people start a conversation, they usually begin talking alike within a matter of seconds….This also happens when people read a book or watch a movie. As soon as the credits roll, they find themselves talking like the author or the central characters.”
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James Pennebaker, professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, describing language style matching (LSM), and the reason why I find myself thinking in Woody Allen’s cadences two hours after I watch one of his movies (via Bobulate)
and why after a weekend around different latin americans, we all ended up talking funny, using each other’s accents and words