= Neonatal imitation
Model-specific action matching during the neonatal period. Early positive reports and subsequent disputed <Scientific replication>[replication] and reanalysis make this a useful case for distinguishing whether an action occurs, whether it is selectively elicited by its matching model, and whether it supports a broad theory of <imitation>.<Imitation of facial and manual gestures by human neonates by Andrew N. Meltzoff and M. Keith Moore>[Science 198, 75–78; modelled facial/manual actions and coded infant responses]{ref}
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