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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Imitation, mind reading, and social learning |
Author: | Gerrans, P. |
Citation: | Biological Theory, 2013; 8(1):20-27 |
Publisher: | M I T Press |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 1555-5542 1555-5550 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Philip S. Gerrans |
Abstract: | Imitation has been understood in different ways: as a cognitive adaptation subtended by genetically specified cognitive mechanisms; as an aspect of domain general human cognition. The second option has been advanced by Cecilia Heyes who treats imitation as an instance of associative learning. Her argument is part of a deflationary treatment of the “mirror neuron” phenomenon. I agree with Heyes about mirror neurons but argue that Kim Sterelny has provided the tools to provide a better account of the nature and role of human imitation. What we call imitative learning is an instance of social learning. It has little to do with empathy, emotional contagion, or mind reading. |
Keywords: | Emulation imitation mind reading mirror neurons modularity social learning tool use |
Rights: | © Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research 2013 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13752-013-0112-4 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13752-013-0112-4 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Philosophy publications |
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