Exploring the evolutionary origins of overimitation: a comparison across domesticated and non-domesticated canids.
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DOI: 10.1111/desc.12460
Abstract: When learning from others, human children tend to faithfully copy - or 'overimitate' - the actions of a demonstrator, even when these actions are irrelevant for solving the task at hand. We investigate whether domesticated… read more here.
Keywords: overimitation; exploring evolutionary; irrelevant action; evolutionary origins ... 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