Re-analysis of data reveals no evidence for neonatal imitation in rhesus macaques
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0342
Abstract: Over the past decade, a growing number of publications have claimed to provide evidence for the existence and function of neonatal imitation in rhesus macaques. Here I show that there is in fact no empirical… read more here.
Keywords: imitation; evidence; rhesus macaques; imitation rhesus ... See more keywords
Testing the arousal hypothesis of neonatal imitation in infant rhesus macaques
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178864
Abstract: Neonatal imitation is the matching of (often facial) gestures by newborn infants. Some studies suggest that performance of facial gestures is due to general arousal, which may produce false positives on neonatal imitation assessments. Here… read more here.
Keywords: facial gestures; arousal hypothesis; imitation; rhesus macaques ... See more keywords