Modern research demonstrates that imitation is more complex and interesting than classical theories proposed. Monkeys do not imitate whereas humans are prolific imitators. This book provides an analysis of empirical work on imitation and shows how much can be learned through interdisciplinary research ranging from cells to individuals, apes to men, and babies to adults. Covering diverse perspectives on a great puzzle of human psychology, the book is multidisciplinary in its approach to revealing how and why we imitate.
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Review of the hardback: 'Most of the book's merit is in the chapters themselves, most of which are skillfully written such that their relevance goes beyond the limits of the discipline at hand and illuminates issues relevant to neighboring disciplines as well. The two editors are leading figures in the fields of developmental and experimental psychology, and their respective research contributions blend well conceptually.' Nature Neuroscience
Review of the hardback: 'Despite the variety of disciplines and viewpoints represented, the editors, Meltzoff and Prinz, were able to foster a strong sense of coherency by encouraging the authors to make strategic cross-references to each other's papers. Without exception the essays are rich in empirical data. Experiments are viewed, and in a few cases previously unpublished experiments are discussed.' Infant and Child Development
Review of the hardback: 'Despite the variety of disciplines and viewpoints represented, the editors, Meltzoff and Prinz, were able to foster a strong sense of coherency by encouraging the authors to make strategic cross-references to each other's papers. Without exception the essays are rich in empirical data. Experiments are viewed, and in a few cases previously unpublished experiments are discussed.' Infant and Child Development
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Modern research demonstrates that imitation is more complex and interesting than classical theories proposed. Monkeys do not imitate; but humans are prolific imitators. This book provides analysis of empirical work on imitation and shows how much can be learned through interdisciplinary research ranging from cells to individuals, apes to men, and babies to adults. The book is multidisciplinary, taking diverse perspectives on a great puzzle of human psychology: how and why do we imitate and what does it tell us about the encoding of self and others within our brains?
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Imitation guides the behavior of a range of species. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contralateral gestures, visuomotor couplings, observed finger movement, mirror rouge test, imitative errors, synchronic imitation, ideomotor compatibility, perceptual induction, apraxic errors, body percept, kinematic abnormalities, imitation recognition, ideomotor principle, multipart objects, other object representations, imitative language, mediation accounts, ideomotor movements, imitative system, neonatal imitation, defective imitation, finger cue, facial imitation, intentional induction, mirror neurons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Experimental Brain Research, Oxford University Press, Academic Press, Cognitive Brain Research, Harold Bekkering, Cognitive Sciences, Psychological Review, Behavioural Brain Research, Julie Bauer Morrison, Wolfgang Prinz, Animal Behaviour, Harvard University Press, John Wiley, Psychological Bulletin, San Diego, Andreas Wohlschläger, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, University of Chicago Press, American Psychologist, Barbara Tversky, Basic Books New!
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Imitation guides the behavior of a range of species. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contralateral gestures, visuomotor couplings, observed finger movement, mirror rouge test, imitative errors, synchronic imitation, ideomotor compatibility, perceptual induction, apraxic errors, body percept, kinematic abnormalities, imitation recognition, ideomotor principle, multipart objects, other object representations, imitative language, mediation accounts, ideomotor movements, imitative system, neonatal imitation, defective imitation, finger cue, facial imitation, intentional induction, mirror neurons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Experimental Brain Research, Oxford University Press, Academic Press, Cognitive Brain Research, Harold Bekkering, Cognitive Sciences, Psychological Review, Behavioural Brain Research, Julie Bauer Morrison, Wolfgang Prinz, Animal Behaviour, Harvard University Press, John Wiley, Psychological Bulletin, San Diego, Andreas Wohlschläger, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, University of Chicago Press, American Psychologist, Barbara Tversky, Basic Books New!
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- Animal Behaviour: A Synthesis of Ethology and Comparative Psychology by Robert A. Hinde on page 118, and page 135
- Child Development by Tess Sullivan on page 70, and page 93
- Experimental Psychology by Burton G. Andreas on page 180, and page 201
- Microdevelopment: Transition Processes in Development and Learning (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development) by Nira Granott in Front Matter
- Child Development by A.Christine Harris on page 203
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- Between Culture and Biology: Perspectives on Ontogenetic Development (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development) by Heidi Keller in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Dynamics and Change in Organizations: Studies in Organizational Semiotics (Studies in Organisational Semiotics, 3.) by H.W. Gazendam on page 35
- Becoming a Subject: Reflections in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis by Marcia Cavell in Back Matter
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: 9th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine in Europe, AIME 2003, Protaras, Cyprus, October 18-22, ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) by Michel Dojat in Back Matter
- The Onset of Language (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development) by Nobuo Masataka in Front Matter
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