“I Want To Be Like You”: The Importance of Imitation
3 Apr, 2010 || by Dr. David S. Kantra
Imitation is often thought of as a low-level, cognitively undemanding, even childish form of behavior. However, recent work across a variety of sciences argues that imitation is actually a rare ability, fundamentally linked to human forms of intelligence, such as language, culture, and the ability to understand the minds of others. Much has been written […]
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