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When is imitation imitation and who has the right to imitate?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1998

Mikael Heimann
Mikael Heimann
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Special Education, Göteborg University, SE 403 50 Göteborg, Swedenmikael.heimann@psy.gu.se www.psy.gu.se
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Abstract

It is suggested (1) that motivation must not be overlooked, (2) that most social imitation does not involve novel behaviors, and (3) that newborn babies do imitate.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , October 1998 , pp. 693
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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