The evolution of imitation: What do the capacities of non-human animals tell us about the mechanisms of imitation?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1528, 2009, Pages 2299-2309

  Huber, Ludwig ^a   Range, Friederike ^a   Voelkl, Bernhard ^b   Szucsich, Andrea ^a   Virányi, Zsófia ^c   Miklosi, Adam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Do as I do paradigm; Dogs; Intransitive action; Marmosets; Mirror neurons; Movement imitation

Indexed keywords

CANID; IMITATION; MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIMATE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 68549125104     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0060     Document Type: Article

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