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Comparative Study
. 2006 Jul;9(7):878-9.
doi: 10.1038/nn1729. Epub 2006 Jun 18.

Infants predict other people's action goals

Terje Falck-Ytter  1 , Gustaf Gredebäck, Claes von Hofsten
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Comparative Study

Infants predict other people's action goals

Terje Falck-Ytter et al. Nat Neurosci. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Do infants come to understand other people's actions through a mirror neuron system that maps an observed action onto motor representations of that action? We demonstrate that a specialized system for action perception guides proactive goal-directed eye movements in 12-month-old but not in 6-month-old infants, providing direct support for this view. The activation of this system requires observing an interaction between the hand of the agent and an object.

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