The chameleon-effect research (Chartrand & Bargh and successors) showed nonconscious mimicry fosters rapport, and intentional subtle matching produces measurable liking effects — with overdone matching backfiring, exactly as NLP practice teaches. One of the cleanest convergences between NLP craft and mainstream findings.
Rapport & Mimicry Research
Behavioural mimicry increases liking and smooths interaction — demonstrated repeatedly in social psychology since the late 1990s.
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ShriViral Manek, Institute of NLP India · reviewed 30 Sept 2026