“…Eye contact, studies show, is necessary for facial mimicry to unfold (Schrammel, Pannasch, Graupner, Mojzisch, & Velichkovsky, 2009), and facial mimicry, in turn, is needed to accurately decode what another person is feeling (Maringer, Krumhuber, Fischer, & Niedenthal, 2011). According to Niedenthal and colleagues' Simulation of Smiles (SIMS) model (Niedenthal et al, 2010), brain coupling mediates the effect of facial mimicry on decoding accuracy, whereas eye contact moderates the effect.…”