Imitative Behavior
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Association of ideomotor apraxia with frontal gray matter volume loss in corticobasal syndrome.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the brain areas associated with specific components of ideomotor apraxia (IMA) in corticobasal syndrome (CBS). DESIGN: Case-control and cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: Forty-eight patients with CBS and 14 control ... Read more...

The representation of tool use in humans and monkeys: common and uniquely human features.

14 Sep 2009 Though other species of primates also use tools, humans appear unique in their capacity to understand the causal relationship between tools and the result of their use. In a comparative fMRI study, we scanned a large cohort of human volunteers and ... Read more...

Young children separate multiple pretend worlds.

30 Aug 2009 Each fictional world that adults create has its own distinct properties, separating it from other fictional worlds. Here we explore whether this separation also exists for young children's pretend game worlds. Studies 1 and 1A set up two ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Imitative Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Imitation, immaturity, and injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Association of ideomotor apraxia with frontal gray matter volume loss in corticobasal syndrome. 29 Sep 2009
• The representation of tool use in humans and monkeys: common and uniquely human features. 14 Sep 2009
• Young children separate multiple pretend worlds. 30 Aug 2009
• [Play: the foundation of life. Child play as the motor of personality development] 30 Aug 2009
• An investigation of auditory contagious yawning. 30 Aug 2009
• Interpersonal effects of suffering in older adult caregiving relationships. 30 Aug 2009
• Imitation as an inheritance system. 25 Aug 2009
• Emulation, imitation, over-imitation and the scope of culture for child and chimpanzee. 25 Aug 2009
• Ratcheting up the ratchet: on the evolution of cumulative culture. 25 Aug 2009
• Evidence for mirror systems in emotions. 25 Aug 2009
• Where is the love? The social aspects of mimicry. 25 Aug 2009
• Associative sequence learning: the role of experience in the development of imitation and the mirror system. 25 Aug 2009
• Inhibition of imitative behaviour and social cognition. 25 Aug 2009
• Movements, actions and tool-use actions: an ideomotor approach to imitation. 25 Aug 2009
• Neuropsychological perspectives on the mechanisms of imitation. 25 Aug 2009
• The development of imitation in infancy. 25 Aug 2009
• From monkey mirror neurons to primate behaviours: possible 'direct' and 'indirect' pathways. 25 Aug 2009
• The evolution of imitation: what do the capacities of non-human animals tell us about the mechanisms of imitation? 25 Aug 2009
• Evolution, development and intentional control of imitation. 25 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Imitative Behavior'

Definition: The mimicking of the behavior of one individual by another.

Descriptor UI: D007100

Alternative terms: Imitative Behavior; Behavior, Imitative; Behaviors, Imitative; Imitative Behaviors;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F01.145.510;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: human & animal