Imitation from infancy through early childhood : typical and atypical development / / Mikael Heimann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910590052903321
• Autore: Heimann Mikael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783031088995; 9783031088988
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 pages)
• Disciplina: 155.4
• Soggetti: Child psychology; Infants - Development; Imitació; Psicologia infantil; Desenvolupament infantil; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Prologue -- References -- Part I: From the Social Infant to the Verbal Child: Insights from Imitation -- Chapter 2: A Fresh Look on Neonatal Imitation -- Is There a Capacity to Imitate at Birth? -- Defining Neonatal Imitation -- Neonatal Imitation Among Typical Children -- Using the Mother as the Model -- Imitation at Birth and the First 3 Months of Life -- A Note on Lip Protrusion -- Do Temporal Aspects Influence Neonatal Imitation? -- Achieving Reasonable Matching Although Many Systems Are Immature -- References -- Chapter 3: Neonatal Imitation and Children with Autism or Down Syndrome -- Motivation and Theoretical Background -- Searching for Studies on Neonatal Imitation and Atypical Development -- Neonatal Imitation in a Child That Later Developed Autism -- Home Video Observation -- Near-Neonatal Imitation in Infants with Down Syndrome -- An Attempt to Sum Up: Suggesting an Updated Model -- References -- Chapter 4: Imitation at Birth and Then What? -- Neonatal Imitation and Early ; Mother-Infant Interaction -- Neonatal Imitation and Imitation Later in the First Year -- Imitation Across Time and Dimensions: Following Children from 9 to 36 Months -- Procedure -- Results for Immediate and Deferred Imitation -- Results for Facial Imitation -- Individual Response Patterns for Facial Imitation -- Is There Stability in Imitation Across Ages and Dimensions? -- References -- Chapter 5: Imitation and Temperament in Infancy -- A Personal Starting Point -- Why Temperament? -- Facial Imitation and Temperament at 3 Months of Life -- Early Imitation and Temperament: Sample 1 -- Early Imitation and Temperament: Sample 2 -- Facial Imitation and Temperament Beyond Infancy up to 3 Years of Age -- An Attempt to Tie It All Together -- References -- Part II: Memory and Imitation in Infancy.; Chapter 6: A Window into the Preverbal Child's Mind -- Deferred Imitation and Our Memory Systems -- A Note on Infantile Amnesia -- Deferred Imitation and Then What? -- Memory and Electrophysiology -- A Bit More on the Method Used in Our 2015 Study -- A Bit on What We Found -- References -- Chapter 7: A Rational Mind? -- Imitation of Novel Acts from Memory: Are Rational Processes Involved? -- General Method and Procedure -- Deferred and Rational Imitation in an Unfamiliar Setting -- Unfamiliar setting: What We Found -- Deferred and Rational Imitation in Familiar Settings -- Familiar Setting: What We Found -- Collapsing the Two Experiments -- Aiming for an Integrative Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Imitation: A Vehicle for Change for Children with Autism -- Chapter 8: Is Imitation an Obstacle for Children with Autism? -- Is Autism Today and Yesterday the Same Thing? -- A Note on Imitation Training in the Early Years: A Historical Perspective -- How I Entered the Field -- Do How We Present a Task Determine If Children with Autism Imitate? -- Deferred Imitation and Memory in Children with Autism -- References -- Chapter 9: A Can Opener of the Social World -- Imitation Affects Social Awareness: Some Experimental Evidence -- A "Being-Imitated" Intervention for Children with ASD -- Implementation of the Interventions -- What We Found -- Interpreting the Results -- "Being Imitated" and Joint Attention -- References -- Part IV: Ending -- Chapter 10: It's Closing Time: For Now -- The Law of Jante -- The Influx of Culture -- The Missing Gold Standard? -- Fallacies to Avoid -- Is Neonatal Imitation an Ontogenetic Adaptation or a Spandrel? -- The Neonate as an Influencer -- What About the Brain and Neonatal Imitation? -- Looking Ahead: Notes for the Future -- Regression and Imitation -- Is There a Temporal Architecture That Can Explain Neonatal Imitation?.; References -- Index.