Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10453098 Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 2013 16 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Infants imitate novel arbitrary actions only after a communicative demonstration. ► Infants reproduce behavior only if they can interpret them as goal-directed. ► Re-enactment of novel means reflects epistemic rather than purely social motives.
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Beyond rational imitation: Learning arbitrary means actions from communicative demonstrations
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