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| Research article summary (published 12 Feb 2002): |
Rational imitation in preverbal infants.
Full Abstract
Here we show that if an adult demonstrates a new way to execute a task to a group of infants aged 14 months, the children will use this action to achieve the same goal only if they consider it to be the most rational alternative. Our results indicate that imitation of goal-directed action by preverbal infants is a selective, interpretative process, rather than a simple re-enactment of the means used by a demonstrator, as was previously thought.
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Author information
Author/s: Gergely, György (G); Bekkering, Harold (H); Király, Ildikó (I);
Affiliation: Institute for Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1132 Budapest, Hungary. gergelyg@mtapi.hu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Nature (Nature), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 415 (issue 6873) : pp 755
Dates: Created 2002/02/14; Completed 2002/03/15; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 11845198, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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