Imitation: Not in Our Genes

A powerful longitudinal study has failed to find any evidence that newborn babies can imitate facial gestures, hand movements or vocalisations. After 40 years of uncertainty, these findings indicate that humans learn to imitate; this capacity is not inborn.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Heyes, C
التنسيق: Journal article
اللغة:English
منشور في: Cell Press 2016
الوصف
الملخص:A powerful longitudinal study has failed to find any evidence that newborn babies can imitate facial gestures, hand movements or vocalisations. After 40 years of uncertainty, these findings indicate that humans learn to imitate; this capacity is not inborn.