[BlueG]

Emotional mirroring is the concept of reflecting back someone's mood through your facial expressions, tone, and physical posture.
Ex. Someone smiles at you, you smile back.

Do you feel that you are inclined to mirror someone's neutral face?

[The King Of Dreams]

Sometimes. Other times it may appear content or happy.

[Alysaria]

I don't so much mirror the expression as put myself into the position of the other person....I may not feel exactly what they feel, but I feel what I would feel in that situation.

Smiles I mirror, but I'm generally happy...and if someone else is happy, it's easier. :)

Honestly, I don't think I can fake an emotion without actually starting to feel it anyway.

[saffron]

I do mirror quite a bit, though it's not conscious really. It's only after reflection that I've noticed how much I pick up tones, gestures, or styles of others in my conversations. I work with an autistic student, and I'm probably fairly neutral in expression with him.

For the most part I'm very facially expressive, so I've been told. And any adjustment isn't fake, it's just like if you meet a dog and naturally get at his level to connect. It's not like you're pretending to be short.

[Tridentus]

i'm just trying to think of all the situations someone might adopt a neutral expression, and in most of those i adopt a neutral expression anyway.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

I wouldn't say I feel inclined to mirror a neutral expression but I do mirror neutral expressions. I agree with both Alysaria and Saffron. I'd say more times than not, it is not a conscious decision. I'm not exactly mimicking but empathisizing and drawing off what they are feeling and what I am feeling as a result of that (eg. If a friend is happy and smiling I will smile because I now too am happy.) Of course I don't go around constantly mimicking every facial expression I see. Most of the time (this is all again just for me I can't say it's like this for everyone else it's probably different) it's more of an immediate response to an emotion, like a reflex. After some time I will stop mirroring and just do my own thing.

[liza_200]

Just for the sake of acting nice. :P

[zebraf301]

Oh no, It's sport to change a neutral face to something else I feel like seeing at the time. It's almost like an empty canvas.

[Word Dispenser]

I mirror some expressions, probably. My listening face is eyebrow-raised interest. Even if I'm zoned out and forgot what was said for a few seconds.

[Julia Bell]

In order to make other people comfortable, I easily pick up the way they are speaking or their body language, etc. A lot of that is done unconsciously. It's part of what I do to get to know others. I almost always mirror smiles. However, if somebody is wearing a neutral face, I might smile at them - I'm not one to make a neutral face at somebody making a neutral face. I don't like mirroring bitter faces or anything.

I mirror to make connections with people. ^_^