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Abstract The claim that human newborns imitate is widely accepted and influential. Yet reliable evidence that newborns match modeled behaviors is limited, and there is no empirically based explanation of… Click to show full abstract
Abstract The claim that human newborns imitate is widely accepted and influential. Yet reliable evidence that newborns match modeled behaviors is limited, and there is no empirically based explanation of how the knowledge that imitation requires could develop before birth. In their target article, Keven & Akins (K&A) contribute important new evidence to an alternative account of newborns' matching that challenges the newborn imitation claim.
Keywords:
case newborn;
grows stronger;
imitation;
newborn imitation;
imitation grows
Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2017
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