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Greg Hickock, “Beyond Mirror Neurons” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Neuroscience

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The Importance of Imitation in Learning

Imitation may be an essential part of the learning process. But that's not necessarily to say that whenever you have imitation, youyou going to have learning. And therefore what we really need to focus on is the underlying structure to which this imitation is associated. So thet has to maketestructure underneath. There's someone behind it. Li, triving w even in even an overt unconscious imitation, which humans do,. This kind of leg crossing copying stuff, which is called the chameleon effect.

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