Abstract
GENERAL COMMENTARY article Front. Psychol., 21 November 2012Sec. Developmental Psychology Volume 3 - 2012 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00512
Highlights
It has been proposed that infants selectively imitate based on a rational evaluation of the observed action (“rational-imiation-account,” Gergely et al, 2002)
This view has been rejected by Paulus et al (2011a) proposed a “two-stage model of infants” ability to imitate observed action-effect contingencies’
They claimed that infant imitation depends on (1) similarity between the infants’ and the model’s body posture; and (2) the presence of action effects (“two-stage-model”)
Summary
It has been proposed that infants selectively imitate based on a rational evaluation of the observed action (“rational-imiation-account,” Gergely et al, 2002). A commentary on Bridging the gap between the other and me: the functional role of motor resonance and action effects in infants’ imitation by Paulus, M., Hunnius, S., Vissers, M., and Bekkering, H. They claimed that infant imitation depends on (1) similarity between the infants’ and the model’s body posture; and (2) the presence of action effects (“two-stage-model”).
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