A developmental psychologist who tested claims of neonatal imitation in a longitudinal study. Infants encountered nine social and two nonsocial models across four early ages. Comparing matched responses against the full set of comparison actions did not support specific imitation in that study, illustrating how restricted comparisons can produce misleading evidence of matching.[ref]
Comprehensive longitudinal study challenges the existence of neonatal imitation in humans by Janine Oostenbroek and others. 2016, 106 infants, ages one, three, six and nine weeks
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