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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... perceived and we need to know how similarity can be effective between perception and action. We do not claim that the two issues are independent. In fact, whether or not they are viewed as independent is itself dependent on the answers ...
... perceived and we need to know how similarity can be effective between perception and action. We do not claim that the two issues are independent. In fact, whether or not they are viewed as independent is itself dependent on the answers ...
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... perceived (in the imitator's visual world) is much richer. For example, as has been shown in a seminal study by Runeson and Frykholm (1983), it may include the dynamics behind the kinematics (i.e., the force applied in lifting a heavy ...
... perceived (in the imitator's visual world) is much richer. For example, as has been shown in a seminal study by Runeson and Frykholm (1983), it may include the dynamics behind the kinematics (i.e., the force applied in lifting a heavy ...
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... perceived and the action to be produced. Bekkering describes a variety of behavioral tests of an observation/ execution matching system using the stimulus-response compatibility paradigm from experimental psychology. He presents ...
... perceived and the action to be produced. Bekkering describes a variety of behavioral tests of an observation/ execution matching system using the stimulus-response compatibility paradigm from experimental psychology. He presents ...
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... perceived value of developmen- tal research . In classical psychological theories the child's mind was re- garded as the antithesis of the adult mind . Adults were viewed as rational , planful , and operating with coherent perceptions ...
... perceived value of developmen- tal research . In classical psychological theories the child's mind was re- garded as the antithesis of the adult mind . Adults were viewed as rational , planful , and operating with coherent perceptions ...
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... perceived the illusory / d / . At what age does cross - modal speech perception develop ? In one study four - month - old infants were presented with a baby - sized auditory - visual lip - reading problem . They viewed two faces , side ...
... perceived the illusory / d / . At what age does cross - modal speech perception develop ? In one study four - month - old infants were presented with a baby - sized auditory - visual lip - reading problem . They viewed two faces , side ...
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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The Imitative Mind: Development, Evolution and Brain Bases Andrew N. Meltzoff,Wolfgang Prinz Limited preview - 2002 |
The Imitative Mind: Development, Evolution and Brain Bases Andrew N. Meltzoff,Wolfgang Prinz No preview available - 2002 |
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