The Imitative Mind: Development, Evolution and Brain BasesAndrew N. Meltzoff, Wolfgang Prinz Imitation guides the behaviour of a range of species. Scientific advances in the study of imitation at multiple levels from neurons to behaviour have far-reaching implications for cognitive science, neuroscience, and evolutionary and developmental psychology. This volume, first published in 2002, provides a summary of the research on imitation in both Europe and America, including work on infants, adults, and nonhuman primates, with speculations about robotics. A special feature of the book is that it provides a concrete instance of the links between developmental psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. It showcases how an interdisciplinary approach to imitation can illuminate long-standing problems in the brain sciences, including consciousness, self, perception-action coding, theory of mind, and intersubjectivity. The book addresses what it means to be human and how we get that way. |
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... PERRETT 16 Is there such a thing as functional equivalence between imagined , observed , and executed action ? 291 JEAN DECETY 17 The role of imitation in body ownership and mental growth 311 MARCEL KINSBOURNE 18 Imitation , apraxia ...
... PERRETT 16 Is there such a thing as functional equivalence between imagined , observed , and executed action ? 291 JEAN DECETY 17 The role of imitation in body ownership and mental growth 311 MARCEL KINSBOURNE 18 Imitation , apraxia ...
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... PERRETT , University of St. Andrews , Fife , Scotland , School of Psychology WOLFGANG PRINZ , Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research , Munich , Germany CATHERINE L. REED , University of Denver , Denver , CO , USA , Department ...
... PERRETT , University of St. Andrews , Fife , Scotland , School of Psychology WOLFGANG PRINZ , Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research , Munich , Germany CATHERINE L. REED , University of Denver , Denver , CO , USA , Department ...
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... Perrett point out that the imitation of actions requires a visual representation of those actions. Their chapter shows how visually responsive neurons in the temporal cortex achieve a visual repre- sentation of actions such as walking ...
... Perrett point out that the imitation of actions requires a visual representation of those actions. Their chapter shows how visually responsive neurons in the temporal cortex achieve a visual repre- sentation of actions such as walking ...
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Contents
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Part II Cognitive approaches to imitation body scheme and perceptionaction coding | 141 |
Part III Neuroscience underpinnings of imitation and apraxia | 245 |
Index | 347 |
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