The functions of imitative behaviour in humans

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2018-09

Autores

Farmer, Harry (Autor) Outra; Ciaunica, Anna (Autor) FLUP; Hamilton, Antonia F. de C. (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Mind and Language

Vol. 33 Nº 4

Páginas: 378-396

ISSN: 0268-1064

Editora: Wiley-Blackwell

Outras Informações

DOI: 10.1111/mila.12189

Abstract (EN): This article focuses on the question of the function of imitation and whether current accounts of imitative function are consistent with our knowledge about imitation's origins. We first review theories of imitative origin concluding that empirical evidence suggests that imitation arises from domain-general learning mechanisms. Next, we lay out a selective account of function that allows normative functions to be ascribed to learned behaviours. We then describe and review four accounts of the function of imitation before evaluating the relationship between the claim that imitation arises out of domain-general learning mechanisms and theories of the function of imitation.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 19