| Infants show stability of goal-directed imitation. | |
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PMID: 23073368 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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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 13months and one administered at 14months. Infants who selectively imitated goal-directed actions in an object-cued task at 13months also selectively imitated goal-directed actions in a vocal-cued task at 14months. We conclude that goal-directed imitation reflects a general ability to interpret behavior in terms of mental states. |
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Elena Sakkalou; Kate Ellis-Davies; Nia C Fowler; Elma E Hilbrink; Merideth Gattis |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-10-13 |
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Title: Journal of experimental child psychology Volume: - ISSN: 1096-0457 ISO Abbreviation: J Exp Child Psychol Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-10-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985128R Medline TA: J Exp Child Psychol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK; Neurosciences Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 3LU, UK. |
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