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. 2014 Apr;37(2):220.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13002495.

Neonatal imitation and an epigenetic account of mirror neuron development

Elizabeth A Simpson  1 , Nathan A Fox  2 , Antonella Tramacere  1 , Pier F Ferrari  1
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Neonatal imitation and an epigenetic account of mirror neuron development

Elizabeth A Simpson et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

Neonatal imitation should not exclusively be considered at the population-level; instead, we propose that inconsistent findings regarding its occurrence result from important individual differences in imitative responses. We also highlight what we consider to be a false dichotomy of genetic versus learning accounts of the development of mirror neurons, and instead suggest a more parsimonious epigenetic perspective.

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    Cook R, Bird G, Catmur C, Press C, Heyes C. Cook R, et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Apr;37(2):177-92. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13000903. Behav Brain Sci. 2014. PMID: 24775147 Review.

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