Pretend play, mirror self-recognition and imitation: a longitudinal investigation through the second year

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Cultural Variations in Children’s Mirror Self-Recognition (2011, background): “Typically, marking is done with rouge, however many studies report using stickers as a successful substitution (Nielsen & Dissanayake, 2003; Nielsen et al., 2006; Povinelli, Landau, & Perilloux, 1996; Skouteris, Spatero, & Lazaridis, 2006; Suddendorf, Simcock, & Nielsen, 2007).”
Executive function in preschoolers: a review using an integrative framework. (2008, background): “The ability to shift between external events and internal representations partially underlies the toddler’s ability to recognize the self in the mirror and engage in pretend play, both of which emerge between 18 and 24 months (Nielsen & Dissanayake, 2004).”
Exploring memory in infancy: deferred imitation and the development of declarative memory (2006, background): “Individual differences on deferred imitation tasks are relatively stable from 12 to 24 months (Nielson and Dissanayake, 2004), and from 9 to 14 months (Heimann and Meltzoff, 1996).”
Theory of Mind and Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Childhood (2011, background): “The ability to simultaneously take into account the real situation and the pretend version of the same situation to shift between external events and internal representations emerges between 18 and 24 mo (24), and after this time, children are able to manipulate the information held in memory: reali”