emotional contagion

“People call that emotional contagion, but it's actually not emotional. What's happening really is that human nervous systems regulate each other. We're social animals.”

“I think one thing that's useful for parents to remember is about the science of emotional contagion, that like, you know, we naturally catch other people's emotions. If you're embodying calm, and this is going to be fine, and everything's okay, then kids are g…”