Pantomime and imitation in great apes
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DOI: 10.1075/is.17028.rus
Abstract: Abstract This paper assesses great apes’ abilities for pantomime and action imitation, two communicative abilities proposed as key contributors to language evolution. Modern great apes, the only surviving nonhuman hominids, are important living models of… read more here.
Keywords: imitation great; action imitation; pantomime imitation; imitation ... See more keywords
Irrelevant-action imitation is short-term and contextual: Evidence from two under-studied populations.
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DOI: 10.1111/desc.12903
Abstract: Across the lifespan and across populations, humans "overimitate" causally unnecessary behaviors. Such irrelevant-action imitation facilitates faithful cultural transmission, but its immediate benefits to the imitator are controversial. Over short time scales, irrelevant-action imitation may bootstrap… read more here.
Keywords: studied populations; two studied; action imitation; irrelevant action ... See more keywords