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Mechanisms of imitation and imitation in animals / edited by Susan Hurley and Nick Chater.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Perspectives on imitation: from neuroscience to social science ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imitation.
- Learning in animals.
- Social psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (453 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- ""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""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-27594-5
- 1-282-09752-0
- 9786612097522
- 1-4237-5020-9
- OCLC:
- 63517652
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