The Importance of Imitation for Theories of Social‐Cognitive Development

Andrew N. Meltzoff · Rebecca A. Williamson

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This chapter contains sections titled: Early Bodily Imitation and Social Interaction Instrumental Imitation: Learning and Memory for Object-Directed Acts Imitation from Television Imitation of Peers Regulating Imitation: Social and Causal Information Regulating Imitation: Emotional Eavesdropping and Beyond the Dyad Imitation, Goals, and Intentions Enduring Theoretical Questions in Developmental Science The Future: Imitation and an Interdisciplinary Science of Learning Acknowledgments References

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1995Mindblindness 2001Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action 1977Imitation of Facial and Manual Gestures by Human Neonates 1999Cortical Mechanisms of Human Imitation 1995Understanding the intentions of others: Re-enactment of intended acts by 18-month-old children.2002Rational imitation in preverbal infants 1983Newborn Infants Imitate Adult Facial Gestures 2009Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits

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