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. 2014 Apr;37(2):217-8.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1300246X.

Experiential effects on mirror systems and social learning: implications for social intelligence

Simon M Reader  1
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Experiential effects on mirror systems and social learning: implications for social intelligence

Simon M Reader. Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

Investigations of biases and experiential effects on social learning, social information use, and mirror systems can usefully inform one another. Unconstrained learning is predicted to shape mirror systems when the optimal response to an observed act varies, but constraints may emerge when immediate error-free responses are required and evolutionary or developmental history reliably predicts the optimal response. Given the power of associative learning, such constraints may be rare.

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