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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451843203321

Titolo

Mechanisms of imitation and imitation in animals [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susan Hurley and Nick Chater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2005

ISBN

0-262-27594-5

1-282-09752-0

9786612097522

1-4237-5020-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Collana

Perspectives on imitation: from neuroscience to social science ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

HurleyS. L (Susan L.)

ChaterNick

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Imitation

Learning in animals

Social psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Introduction: The Importance of Imitation""; ""1 The Mirror Neuron System and Imitation""; ""2 Understanding Others: Imitation, Language, and Empathy""; ""3 ��Being Like Me��: Self�Other Identity, Mirror Neurons, and Empathy Vittorio Gallese""; ""4 The Neurophysiology of Imitation and Intersubjectivity""; ""5 An Ideomotor Approach to Imitation""; ""6 Imitation by Association""; ""7 The Shared Circuits Hypothesis: A Unified Functional Architecture for Control, Imitation, and Simulation""; ""8 Commentary and Discussion on Mechanisms of Imitation""

""9 Detecting, Understanding, and Explaining Imitation by Animals""""10 Insights into Vocal Imitation in African Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus)""; ""11 Selective Imitation in Child and Chimpanzee: A Window on the Construal of Others� Actions""; ""12 Commentary and Discussion on Imitation in Animals""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index to Volume 1""; ""Index to Volume 2""

Sommario/riassunto

A state-of-the-art view of imitation from leading researchers in



neuroscience and brain imaging, animal and developmental psychology, primatology, ethology, philosophy, anthropology, media studies, economics, sociology, education, and law.Leading researchers across a range of disciplines provide a state-of-the-art view of imitation, integrating the latest findings and theories with reviews of seminal work, and revealing why imitation is a topic of such intense current scientific interest.