Cambridge University Press Unisex Multicolor The Imitative Mind: Development, Evolution & Brain Bases

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The Imitative MindDevelopment, Evolution and Brain Bases\nAuthor(s): Andrew N. Meltzoff, Wolfgang Prinz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521806855, 978-0521806855\nSynopsis\nImitation guides the behaviour of a range of species. Scientific advances in the study of imitation at multiple levels from neurons to behaviour have far-reaching implications for cognitive science, neuroscience, and evolutionary and developmental psychology. This volume, first published in 2002, provides a summary of the research on imitation in both Europe and America, including work on infants, adults, and nonhuman primates, with speculations about robotics. A special feature of the book is that it provides a concrete instance of the links between developmental psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. It showcases how an interdisciplinary approach to imitation can illuminate long-standing problems in the brain sc.