Imitation of Facial and Manual Gestures by Human Neonates

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Andrew N. Meltzoff · University of Oxford

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Infants between 12 and 21 days of age can imitate both facial and manual gestures; this behavior cannot be explained in terms of either conditioning or innate releasing mechanisms. Such imitation implies that human neonates can equate their own unseen behaviors with gestures they see others perform.

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Hearing Impairment and Communication Child and Animal Learning Development Infant Health and Development

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Published in: Science

Volume 198, Issue 4312, pp. 75-78

DOI: 10.1126/science.198.4312.75

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