Imitation is not the low-level, cognitively undemanding behavior it isoften assumed to be, but rather -- along with language and the ability to understandother minds -- one of a trio of related capacities that are fundamental to humanmentality. In these landmark volumes, leading researchers across a range ofdisciplines provide a state-of-the-art view of imitation, integrating the latestfindings and theories with reviews of seminal work, and revealing why imitation is atopic of such intense current scientific interest. ...
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Imitation is not the low-level, cognitively undemanding behavior it isoften assumed to be, but rather -- along with language and the ability to understandother minds -- one of a trio of related capacities that are fundamental to humanmentality. In these landmark volumes, leading researchers across a range ofdisciplines provide a state-of-the-art view of imitation, integrating the latestfindings and theories with reviews of seminal work, and revealing why imitation is atopic of such intense current scientific interest. Perspectives are drawn fromneuroscience and brain imaging, animal and developmental psychology, primatology, ethology, philosophy, anthropology, media studies, economics, sociology, education, and law. These volumes provide a resource that makes this research accessible acrossdisciplines and clarifies its importance for the social sciences and philosophy aswell as for the cognitive sciences. As a further aid to cross-fertilization, eachvolume includes extensive interdisciplinary commentary and discussion.The firstvolume considers possible mechanisms of imitation, including discussion of mirrorsystems, ideomotor and common coding theories, and the possibility of "sharedcircuits" for control, imitation, and simulation, and then takes up imitation inanimals, with illuminating comparisons to human imitation. The second volume focusesfirst on the roles of imitation in human development and in learning to understandthe minds of others, and then on the broader social and cultural roles and functionsof imitation, including discussions of meme theory and cultural evolution, and ofthe pervasive imitative tendencies of normal adults and their relevance forunderstanding the effects of the media on human behavior.
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Book. Octavo; Volume 1 only; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with red print; Boards in black cloth, mottled fading, vendor label on rear, else clean and strong; Text block has stamp on bottom edge, else clean and tight; xi, 437 pages, illustrated (b&w diagrams). 1365662. FP New Rockville Stock.
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