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9780521181372: Imitation in Infancy

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First published in 1999, this book reviews extensive evidence for babies' innate capacity to imitate.

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First published in 1999, this book brings together the extensive modern evidence for an innate capacity to imitate in babies, research into which has had a controversial history. Leading researchers review the major explanations for imitation and its purpose and highlight its role in cultural transmission and pre-verbal communication.

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Preface: Immediate imitation rehabilitated at last George Butterworth and Jacqueline Nadel; Part I. Imitation in Human Infancy: 1. Persons and representation: why infant imitation is important for theories of human development Andrew N. Meltzoff and M. Keith Moore; 2. Development of early infant imitation to facial and vocal models Giannis Kugiumutzakis; Part II. Imitation: Theoretical issues in phylogeny and ontogeny: 3. Neonatal imitation: existence, mechanisms, motives George Butterworth; 4. Evolutionary foundations of imitation: social, cognitive and developmental aspects of imitative processes in non-human primates Kim Bard and Connie L. Russell; Part III. Social motives for imitation in infancy: Imitation as a matching motive system between two brains Colwyn Trevarthen, Theano Kokkinaki and Gerald A. Fiamenghi Jr; 6. Imitation as activity: its developmental aspect Ina Uzgiris; Part IV. Imitation, communication and developmental psychopathology: 7. The evolving nature of imitation as a format for communication Jacqueline Nadel, Caroline Guirini, Anne Peze and Christine Rivet; 8. Imitation and developmental disabilities Mickael Heimann and Eva Ullstadius; 9. An examination of the imitation deficit in autism Sally J. Rogers.

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ISBN 10:  0521580331 ISBN 13:  9780521580335
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1999
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