Effects of verbal instruction vs. modelling on imitation and overimitation

Abstract Human culture is the result of a unique cumulative evolutionary process. Despite the importance of culture for our species the social transmission mechanisms underlying this process are still not fully understood. In particular, the role of language—another unique human behaviour—in social...

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Main Authors: Aliki Papa, Mioara Cristea, Nicola McGuigan, Monica Tamariz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021-10-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00925-4