The Power of Learning Through Imitation
© 2014
Contributors
- Naja Ferjan Ramirez, PhD
- Lindsay Klarman, MNPL NIC-A
- Sarah Roseberry Lytle, PhD
- Elizabeth Zack, PhD
- Patricia K. Kuhl, PhD
- Andrew N. Meltzoff, PhD
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- Control group
- a group in a study who does not receive the treatment. The group serves as a comparison for the experimental group.
- Deferred imitation
- reproducing a behavior after a delay from its initial demonstration
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- a method used to measure electrical activity in the brain
- Generalization
- the ability to apply something learned in one situation to a new situation
- Imitation
- observing then reproducing, or copying, a behavior
- Mirror neurons
- a type of brain cell. Mirror neurons respond when an animal produces an action and when they observe another animal produce the same action.
- Theory of mind
- the awareness that other people can have different thoughts and feelings from one’s own
- Trial-and-error learning
- trying different actions until you perform the right one