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How imitators represent the imitated: The vital experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1998

Andrew Whiten
Andrew Whiten
Affiliation:
Scottish Primate Research Group, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, Scotlanda.whiten@st-andrews.ac.uk psych.st-and.ac.uk:8080/people/lect/aw2.html
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Abstract

Byrne & Russon rightly draw attention to complex and neglected aspects of ape imitation. However, program-level imitation as a single, absolute category may mislead us in understanding abstractions involved in imitation. Designing the right experiments will offer clarity. One recent experiment has shown imitation of sequential structure: What is needed to test other components of what the authors propose?

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , October 1998 , pp. 707 - 708
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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