Abstract
1. Lively imitation of articulatory movements by the mouth of an adult by 2–8 month-old infants is observed without preliminary training. The imitation reflex is weaker in 5–8 month-old infants than at the age of 2–4 months. This suggests that imitation of facial movements is inborn. 2. Addition of the appropriate speech sounds to the facial movements of articulation results in attempts by the child to imitate them.* 3. If facial movements are excluded and only the sounds are presented, mimic and vocal imitative responses are extinguished. 4. In early ontogenesis, sound imitation in children is evidently based on differentiation of kinesthetic impulses with which particular sounds are associated.
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