I’ll pay attention to this in the future.

“When two people start a conversation, they usually begin talking alike within a matter of seconds,” says James Pennebaker, professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

“This also happens when people read a book or watch a movie. As soon as the credits roll, they find themselves talking like the author or the central characters.”

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Style matching has the potential to quickly and easily reveal whether any given pair of people—ranging from business rivals to romantic partners—are psychologically on the same page and what this means for their future together.