The social nature of overimitation: Insights from Autism and Williams syndrome
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.01.008
Abstract: When imitating novel actions, typically developing preschoolers often copy components of the demonstration that are unrelated to the modeled action's goal, a phenomenon known as 'overimitation'. According to the social motivation account, overimitation fulfills social… read more here.
Keywords: overimitation; account overimitation; autism; nature overimitation ... See more keywords