Both developmental and neurophysiological research suggest a common coding between
perceived and generated actions. This shared representational network is innately wired in …

Highlights•Imitation is a social act, promoting parent–infant affiliation.•Culture is transmitted
across generations via imitation.•Infants can imitate from memory and regulate their …

There is a kinship between the philosophical problem of “other minds” and the psychological
problem of imitation. Philosophers are struck by the fact that people experience their own …

Imitation and empathy have long been studied by developmental and social psychologists.
These topics now are hotbeds of interdisciplinary activity and are being influenced by …

Imitation promises to be a hot research topic in the coming decade. Interest in imitation
spread from a small band of aficionados to the broader community of cognitive scientists …

Imitation guides the behaviour of a range of species. Scientific advances in the study of
imitation at multiple levels from neurons to behaviour have far-reaching implications for …

An overview of existing data on imitation in infancy suggests that changes in the direction of
imitation research are underway. The widely accepted view that newborn infants imitate …

Imitation is at the heart of social cognitive neuroscience. It is a neurocognitive process that
bridges the gap between minds; powers cognitive and social development; promotes …

Reviews recent research on imitation in newborns to clarify questions about the existence,
mechanisms and motives of innate imitation in humans. The emphasis has been on the …

I propose that there are three key features of imitation in human infants. First, human infants
are imitative generalists. The hallmark of normal infants is that they imitate a range of novel …