Imitation without intentionality. Using string parsing to copy the organization of behaviour

Animal Cognition

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-72

  Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause and effect; Imitation; Intention; Skill learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002730993     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710050025     Document Type: Review

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