What imitation tells us about social cognition: a rapprochement between developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience Export

@article{meltzoff2003itu, abstract = {Both developmental and neurophysiological research suggest a common coding between perceived and generated actions. This shared representational network is innately wired in humans. We review psychological evidence concerning the imitative behaviour of newborn human infants. We suggest that the mechanisms involved in infant imitation provide the foundation for understanding that others are 'like me' and underlie the development of theory of mind and empathy for others. We also analyse functional neuroimaging studies that explore the neurophysiological substrate of imitation in adults. We marshal evidence that imitation recruits not only shared neural representations between the self and the other but also cortical regions in the parietal cortex that are crucial for distinguishing between the perspective of self and other. Imitation is doubly revealing: it is used by infants to learn about adults, and by scientists to understand the organization and functioning of the brain.}, author = {Meltzoff, Andrew N. and Decety, Jean}, citeulike-article-id = {1119480}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org.arugula.cc.columbia.edu:2048/10.1098/rstb.2002.1261}, doi = {10.1098/rstb.2002.1261}, journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences}, keywords = {\_d\_common-coding, \_d\_other-modeling, common-coding, imitation, social-cognition}, number = {1431}, pages = {491--500}, posted-at = {2007-02-23 23:39:27}, priority = {2}, publisher = {The Royal Society}, title = {What imitation tells us about social cognition: a rapprochement between developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience}, url = {10.1098/rstb.2002.1261}, volume = {358}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - meltzoff2003itu L3 - citeulike-article-id:1119480 N2 - Both developmental and neurophysiological research suggest a common coding between perceived and generated actions. This shared representational network is innately wired in humans. We review psychological evidence concerning the imitative behaviour of newborn human infants. We suggest that the mechanisms involved in infant imitation provide the foundation for understanding that others are 'like me' and underlie the development of theory of mind and empathy for others. We also analyse functional neuroimaging studies that explore the neurophysiological substrate of imitation in adults. We marshal evidence that imitation recruits not only shared neural representations between the self and the other but also cortical regions in the parietal cortex that are crucial for distinguishing between the perspective of self and other. Imitation is doubly revealing: it is used by infants to learn about adults, and by scientists to understand the organization and functioning of the brain. IS - 1431 JF - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences EP - 500 TI - What imitation tells us about social cognition: a rapprochement between developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience PB - The Royal Society VL - 358 SP - 491 KW - _d_common-coding KW - _d_other-modeling KW - common-coding KW - imitation KW - social-cognition AU - Meltzoff, Andrew AU - Decety, Jean PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org.arugula.cc.columbia.edu:2048/10.1098/rstb.2002.1261 ER -