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Turning the tide: A plea for cognitively lean interpretations of infant behaviour.
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Turning the tide: A plea for cognitively lean interpretations of infant behaviour.

  • Beisert M Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich,8050 Zürich,Switzerland.m.beisert@psychologie.uzh.chdaum@psychologie.uzh.chhttps://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/de/fachrichtungen/devpsy/personen/mbeisert.htmlhttp://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/de/fachrichtungen/devpsy/personen/daum.html.
  • Zmyj N Institut für Psychologie,Technische Universität Dortmund,Psychologie und Soziologie,44227 Dortmund,Germany.norbert.zmyj@tu-dortmund.dehttp://www.psych.tu-dortmund.de/cms/psych/de/Home/Mitarbeiter/psychologie_ifp/Zmyj_Norbert.html.
  • Daum MM Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich,8050 Zürich,Switzerland.m.beisert@psychologie.uzh.chdaum@psychologie.uzh.chhttps://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/de/fachrichtungen/devpsy/personen/mbeisert.htmlhttp://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/de/fachrichtungen/devpsy/personen/daum.html.
  • 2018-01-19
Published in:
  • The Behavioral and brain sciences. - 2017
Child
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Humans
Imitative Behavior
Infant
Infant Behavior
Infant, Newborn
Interpersonal Relations
Speech
English Keven & Akins (K&A) revisit the controversial subject of neonatal imitation through analysing the physiological foundations of neonatal spontaneous behaviour. Consequently, they regard imitative capacities in neonates as unlikely. We welcome this approach as an overdue encouragement to refuse cognitively rich interpretations as far as cognitively lean interpretations are conceivable, and apply this rationale to other phenomena in early childhood development.
Language
  • English
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https://sonar.ch/global/documents/91112
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