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  Infants show stability of goal-directed imitation

Sakkalou, E., Ellis-Davies, K., Fowler, N., Hilbrink, E., & Gattis, M. (2013). Infants show stability of goal-directed imitation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114, 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2012.09.005.

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Sakkalou, Elena1, 2, Author
Ellis-Davies, Kate2, Author
Fowler, Nia2, Author
Hilbrink, Elma2, 3, 4, Author           
Gattis, Merideth2, Author
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1Neurosciences Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK, ou_persistent22              
2School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, ou_persistent22              
3Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_792548              
4INTERACT, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, NL, ou_1863331              

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Free keywords: imitation, goal understanding, individual differences, action understanding, prosody
 Abstract: Previous studies have reported that infants selectively reproduce observed actions and have argued that this selectivity reflects understanding of intentions and goals, or goal-directed imitation. We reasoned that if selective imitation of goal-directed actions reflects understanding of intentions, infants should demonstrate stability across perceptually and causally dissimilar imitation tasks. To this end, we employed a longitudinal within-participants design to compare the performance of 37 infants on two imitation tasks, with one administered at 13 months and one administered at 14 months. Infants who selectively imitated goal-directed actions in an object-cued task at 13 months also selectively imitated goal-directed actions in a vocal-cued task at 14 months. We conclude that goal-directed imitation reflects a general ability to interpret behavior in terms of mental states.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2012-08-0820122013
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.09.005
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Title: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 114 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1 - 9 Identifier: ISSN: 0022-0965
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954922645034