๐ค Positive face-to-face connections are essential for mental and physical health.
๐ Positive emotions broaden our awareness and enhance our brain functioning.
๐ Mimicking smiles helps us understand and connect with others.
๐ Positivity resonance is an interpersonally situated experience marked by shared positive emotions, mutual care and concern, and biological and behavioral synchrony.
๐ก Eye contact and smile mimicry are important in establishing trust and understanding in face-to-face interactions.
๐ฑ Love is defined as investing in the well-being of others for their own sake, and it is a key building block of social bonds.
๐ Positivity resonance is the most fundamental building block of love relationships, bonding relationships, trusting forward relationships, and health.
๐ Positivity resonance can be measured through a questionnaire that asks about the proportion of time feeling warmth, concern, attunement, flow of thoughts and feelings, energized and uplifted, mutual responsiveness, trust and respect, and being in sync.
๐ข Face-to-face interactions have the highest level of positivity resonance, while computer-mediated interactions show a negative association. However, telecommuters who work from home have more positivity resonance in phone calls than those who interact face-to-face.
๐ Positivity resonance is not limited to romantic relationships but also includes day-to-day connections with others.
โจ Biological synchrony is studied using physiological measures and a behavioral coding system to identify moments of shared positivity.
๐ Synchrony in heart rates can occur in two ways: in-phase synchrony, where both heart rates increase or decrease simultaneously, and anti-phase synchrony, where one heart rate increases while the other decreases.
๐ Positivity resonance is associated with physiological synchrony and can have health protective effects, particularly for women with wider social networks.
๐ Improving emotional and social experiences can positively impact heart health by increasing heart rate variability.
๐งฌ Chronic social stress can lead to a gene expression profile in the immune system that is associated with inflammation and decreased ability to fight off viruses.
๐ Positivity resonance, which refers to positive connections with others, is an important health behavior that can be cultivated through interventions such as loving kindness meditation and informal mindfulness practices.
๐ Positive emotional experiences can help regulate negative emotions and broaden mindset.
๐ค Positivity resonance can exist with artificial agents, creating connections and improving social skills.
๐ Co-experiencing positive emotions with others can lead to rapid building of resourcefulness.
๐ Positivity resonance is measured through empathic accuracy and projecting positivity onto partner.
๐ค Perceived safety and real-time sensory connection are prerequisites for positivity resonance.
๐ผ Positivity resonance can improve teamwork and creativity in certain types of work.
๐ Positivity resonance has the potential to improve interactions between different social groups.