Imitation in infancy

Abstract

Preface: Immediate imitation rehabilitated at last George Butterworth and Jacqueline Nadel Part I. Imitation in Human Infancy: 1. Persons and representation: why infant imitation is important for theories of human development Andrew N. Meltzoff and M. Keith Moore 2. Development of early infant imitation to facial and vocal models Giannis Kugiumutzakis Part II. Imitation: Theoretical issues in phylogeny and ontogeny: 3. Neonatal imitation: existence, mechanisms, motives George Butterworth 4. Evolutionary foundations of imitation: social, cognitive and developmental aspects of imitative processes in non-human primates Kim Bard and Connie L. Russell Part III. Social motives for imitation in infancy: Imitation as a matching motive system between two brains Colwyn Trevarthen, Theano Kokkinaki and Gerald A. Fiamenghi Jr 6. Imitation as activity: its developmental aspect Ina Uzgiris Part IV. Imitation, communication and developmental psychopathology: 7. The evolving nature of imitation as a format for communication Jacqueline Nadel, Caroline Guirini, Anne Peze and Christine Rivet 8. Imitation and developmental disabilities Mickael Heimann and Eva Ullstadius 9. An examination of the imitation deficit in autism Sally J. Rogers.

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