Social Cognition: Imitation, Imitation, Imitation

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2005 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Current Biology, volume 15, pages R498-R500 (issn: 0960-9822,

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Authors: Byrne, Richard W.;

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.06.031

pmid: 16005280

Social Cognition: Imitation, Imitation, Imitation

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Abstract

Monkeys recognize when they are being imitated, but they seem unable to learn by imitation. These facts make sense if imitation is seen as two different capacities: social mirroring, when actions are matched and have social benefits; and learning by copying, when new behavioural routines are acquired by observation.

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Keywords

Neurons, Primates, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Imitative Behavior, Cognition, Species Specificity, Animals, Humans, Learning, Social Behavior

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