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Comment
. 2017 Jan:40:e392.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001898.

There is no compelling evidence that human neonates imitate

Siobhan Kennedy-Costantini  1 , Janine Oostenbroek  2 , Thomas Suddendorf  3 , Mark Nielsen  3 , Jonathan Redshaw  3 , Jacqueline Davis  4 , Sally Clark  3 , Virginia Slaughter  3
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There is no compelling evidence that human neonates imitate

Siobhan Kennedy-Costantini et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Keven & Akins (K&A) propose that neonatal "imitation" is a function of newborns' spontaneous oral stereotypies and should be viewed within the context of normal aerodigestive development. Their proposal is in line with the result of our recent large longitudinal study that found no compelling evidence for neonatal imitation. Together, these works prompt reconsideration of the developmental origin of genuine imitation.

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