Leaf Mimicry: Chameleon-like Leaves in a Patagonian Vine

Leaf Mimicry: Chameleon-like Leaves in a Patagonian Vine

Mimicry has evolved in plants for a number of traits, both floral and vegetative. The discovery of a vine that mimics the leaf shape of different hosts poses new questions about the function of leaf mimicry, interplant signalling and leaf development.

The Convincing Chameleon : The Impact of Mimicry on Persuasion

The Reverse-Chameleon Effect: Negative social consequences of anatomical mimicry

Mirror mimicry has well-known consequences for the person being mimicked: it increases how positively they feel about the mimicker (the Chameleon Effect). Here we show that anatomical mimicry has the opposite social consequences: a Reverse-Chameleon Effect. To equate mirror and anatomical mimicry, we asked participants to have a face-to-face conversation with a digital human (VIRTUO), in a full...

Leaf Mimicry in a Climbing Plant Protects against Herbivory

Mimicry refers to adaptive similarity between a mimic organism and a model. Mimicry in animals is rather common, whereas documented cases in plants are rare, and the associated benefits are seldom elucidated [1, 2]. We show the occurrence of leaf mimicry in a climbing plant endemic to a temperate rainforest. The woody vine Boquila trifoliolata mimics the leaves of its supporting trees in terms ...

The Schema-Driven Chameleon 1 Running Head: THE SCHEMA-DRIVEN CHAMELEON The Schema-Driven Chameleon: How Mimicry Affects Executive and Self-Regulatory Resources

We propose that behavioral mimicry is guided by schemas that enable efficient social coordination. If mimicry is schema-driven, then the operation of these schemas should be disrupted if partners behave in counternormative ways – such as mimicking people they generally would not or vice versa – rendering social interaction inefficient and demanding more executive and self-regulatory resources. ...