Re-Examination of Oostenbroek et al. (2016): Evidence for Neonatal Imitation of Tongue Protrusion

Autor/inn/en	Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Murray, Lynne; Simpson, Elizabeth; Heimann, Mikael; Nagy, Emese; Nadel, Jacqueline; Pedersen, Eric J.; Brooks, Rechele; Messinger, Daniel S.; De Pascalis, Leonardo; Subiaul, Francys; Paukner, Annika; Ferrari, Pier F.
Titel	Re-Examination of Oostenbroek et al. (2016): Evidence for Neonatal Imitation of Tongue Protrusion
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 21 (2018) 4, (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Meltzoff, Andrew N.) ORCID (Brooks, Rechele) ORCID (De Pascalis, Leonardo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.12609
Schlagwörter	Neonates; Human Body; Imitation; Infants; Infant Behavior; Social Development; Cognitive Development; Scientific Research; Age Differences; Behavior Patterns; Research Design; Futures (of Society); Brain Hemisphere Functions; Correlation; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neugeborenes Kind; Menschlicher Körper; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Soziale Entwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Forschungsdesign; Future; Society; Zukunft; Korrelation; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	The meaning, mechanism, and function of imitation in early infancy have been actively discussed since Meltzoff and Moore's (1977) report of facial and manual imitation by human neonates. Oostenbroek et al. (2016) claim to challenge the existence of early imitation and to counter all interpretations so far offered. Such claims, if true, would have implications for theories of social-cognitive development. Here we identify 11 flaws in Oostenbroek et al.'s experimental design that biased the results toward null effects. We requested and obtained the authors' raw data. Contrary to the authors' conclusions, new analyses reveal significant tongue-protrusion imitation at all four ages tested (1, 3, 6, and 9 weeks old). We explain how the authors missed this pattern and offer five recommendations for designing future experiments. Infant imitation raises fundamental issues about action representation, social learning, and brain--behavior relations. The debate about the origins and development of imitation reflects its importance to theories of developmental science. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01