NDLI: How and why do infants imitate? An ideomotor approach to social and imitative learning in infancy (and beyond)

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Author	Paulus, Markus
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	It has been proposed that already in infancy, imitative learning plays a pivotal role in the acquisition of knowledge and abilities. Yet the cognitive mechanisms underlying the acquisition of novel action knowledge through social learning have remained unclear. The present contribution presents an ideomotor approach to imitative learning (IMAIL) in infancy (and beyond) that draws on the ideomotor theory of action control and on recent findings of perception–action matching. According to IMAIL, the central mechanism of imitative and social learning is the acquisition of cascading bidirectional action–effect associations through observation of own and others’ actions. First, the observation of the visual effect of own actions leads to the acquisition of first-order action–effect associations, linking motor codes to the action’s typical visual effects. Second, observing another person’s action leads to motor activation (i.e., motor resonance) due to the first-order associations. This activated motor code then becomes linked to the other salient effects produced by the observed action, leading to the acquisition of (second-order) action–effect associations. These novel action–effect associations enable later imitation of the observed actions. The article reviews recent behavioral and neurophysiological studies with infants and adults that provide empirical support for the model. Furthermore, it is discussed how the model relates to other approaches on social-cognitive development and how developmental changes in imitative abilities can be conceptualized.
Starting Page	1139
Ending Page	1156
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10699384
Journal	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15315320
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-02-28
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Social learning Motor control Stimulus-response compatibility Social cognition Cognitive development Cultural learning Socialization Cognitive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Arts and Humanities Developmental and Educational Psychology

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