Tobias Johansson
Hail the impossible: p-values, evidence, and likelihood
Scandinavian journal of psychology
recently researchers debating whether infants selective imitative learning primarily based sensorimotor processes eg motor resonance action perception whether inferential processes teleological reasoning ie reasoning efficiency others actions predominantly explain selective imitation infancy current study directly investigated two different theoretical notions employing seminal widely used head touch paradigm two conditions manipulated whether action appeared efficient motor resonance optimized enhance imitation performance general results showed infants imitated target action extent conditions irrespective actions efficiency addition conditions infants imitated head action additional baseline condition condition target action performed another effector results suggest 14montholds imitate novel actions according apparent efficiency motor resonance important factor infants imitation