The functional significance of arm movements in neonates

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Goal Babbling Permits Direct Learning of Inverse Kinematics (2010, background): “Whether learning by doing—or rather exploration by trying to do—is a sufﬁcient exploration strategy or other strategies are needed as well is, however, not clear.”
Explaining Facial Imitation: A Theoretical Model. (1997, result): “The hypothesis that neonatal imitation is organized by a goal is also compatible with other recent findings of primitive goal directedness in newborn motor movements (Butterworth and Hopkins, 1988; van der Meer et al., 1995).”
A Developmental Roadmap for Learning by Imitation in Robots (2007, background): “In [13] there is a discussion about the significance of neonate’s arm movements.”