When actions are carved at the joints [Letter]

Gattis, Merideth Leigh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8665-7577, Bekkering, H. and Wohlschläger, A. 1998. When actions are carved at the joints [Letter]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (5) , pp. 691-692. 10.1017/S0140525X98301740

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Abstract

We focus on Byrne & Russon's argument that program-level imitation is driven by hierarchically organized goals, and the related claim that to establish whether observed behavior is evidence of program-level imitation, empirical studies of imitation must use multi-stage actions as imitative tasks. We agree that goals play an indispensable role in the generation of action and imitative behavior but argue that multi-goal tasks, not only multi-stage tasks, reveal program-level imitation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Additional Information:	Open Peer Commentary - Byrne & Russon: Learning by imitation. Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0140-525X/ (accessed 21/02/2014).
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0140-525X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 10:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35008

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