1 Imitation and Other Minds: The "Like Me" Hypothesis

By Andrew N. Meltzoff. 2005

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Psychological and Sociomoral Reasoning in Infancy (2014, background): “…the agent’s eyes must be open and oriented toward the object, and that her line of sight must not be obstructed by an opaque barrier (e.g., Brooks & Meltzoff, 2002, 2005; Butler, Caron, & Brook, 2000; Caron, Kiel, Dayton, & Butler, 2002; Dunphy-Lelii & Wellman, 2004; Lempers, Flavell, & Flavell,…”
The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences: Foundations and Opportunities for an Interdisciplinary Science of Learning (2005, unknown): “culture ( Meltzoff, 1988a; 2005; Rogoff et al., 2003; Tomasello, 1999).”
Why Observing Violence Increases the Risk of Violent Behavior by the Observer (2007, background): “Simple Imitation of Violent Scenes In recent years indisputable evidence has accumulated that human and primate young have an innate tendency to imitate whomever they observe (Meltzoff, 2005 ; Meltzoff & Moore, 1977, 2000).”
Mirroring others' emotions relates to empathy and interpersonal competence in children (2008, background): “The capacity to code the ‘like me’ analogy between self and others may represent a basic prerequisite for the development of social cognition (Meltzoff, 2005; Meltzoff and Brooks, 2001; Meltzoff and Moore, 1977), allowing for meaningful social bonds to be established between individuals.”
It's all in the timing: Interpersonal synchrony increases affiliation (2009, background): “This “self-other equivalence” may promote meaningful social bonds and interpersonal closeness by helping people understand others’ actions (e.g., Iacoboni, 2005; Meltzoff, 2005) or by increasing people’s tendency to project positive views of the self to others (Otten & Wentura, 2001; Smith, 2008).”
Phonetic learning as a pathway to language: new data and native language magnet theory expanded (NLM-e) (2008, background): “Social factors, such as joint visual attention, also predict aspects of language, such as the number of words produced at 18 months of age (Tomasello & Farrar 1986; Baldwin & Markman 1989; Baldwin 1995; Brooks & Meltzoff 2005).”