Carry-over effects of tool functionality and previous unsuccessfulness increase overimitation in children
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201373
Abstract: Children ‘overimitate’ causally irrelevant actions in experiments where both irrelevant and relevant actions involve a single common tool. This study design may make it harder for children to recognize the irrelevant actions, as the perceived… read more here.
Keywords: overimitation; functionality; carry effects; relevant action ... See more keywords