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The effect of automatic imitation in serial movements with different effectors

Individuals often imitate the postures or gestures of others in everyday life, without even being aware. This behavioral tendency is known as “automatic imitation” in laboratory settings and is thought to play a crucial role in social interactions. Previous studies have shown that the perception of...

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Autor principal: Ito, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10619738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37920735
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1224673
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description Individuals often imitate the postures or gestures of others in everyday life, without even being aware. This behavioral tendency is known as “automatic imitation” in laboratory settings and is thought to play a crucial role in social interactions. Previous studies have shown that the perception of a simple finger movement activates a shared representation of the observed and executed movements, which then elicits automatic imitation. However, relatively few studies have examined whether automatic imitation is limited to simple single-finger movements or whether it can be produced using a different automatic imitation paradigm with more complex sequential movements. Therefore, this study conducted three experiments in which participants observed the sequential movements of a model and then executed a compatible (similar) action or an incompatible (different) action involving the hand or foot in response to number cues that indicated the sequence for moving their hands or feet. The delay to onset of participants’ initial hand or foot movements was calculated. Participants consistently executed compatible actions faster than incompatible actions. In particular, the results showed an imitative compatibility effect with a human stimulus but not an inanimate stimulus. These results demonstrate that automatic imitation occurs during more complex movements that require memory.
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spelling pubmed-106197382023-11-02 The effect of automatic imitation in serial movements with different effectors Ito, Hiroshi Front Psychol Psychology Individuals often imitate the postures or gestures of others in everyday life, without even being aware. This behavioral tendency is known as “automatic imitation” in laboratory settings and is thought to play a crucial role in social interactions. Previous studies have shown that the perception of a simple finger movement activates a shared representation of the observed and executed movements, which then elicits automatic imitation. However, relatively few studies have examined whether automatic imitation is limited to simple single-finger movements or whether it can be produced using a different automatic imitation paradigm with more complex sequential movements. Therefore, this study conducted three experiments in which participants observed the sequential movements of a model and then executed a compatible (similar) action or an incompatible (different) action involving the hand or foot in response to number cues that indicated the sequence for moving their hands or feet. The delay to onset of participants’ initial hand or foot movements was calculated. Participants consistently executed compatible actions faster than incompatible actions. In particular, the results showed an imitative compatibility effect with a human stimulus but not an inanimate stimulus. These results demonstrate that automatic imitation occurs during more complex movements that require memory. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10619738/ /pubmed/37920735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1224673 Text en Copyright © 2023 Ito. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10619738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37920735
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1224673
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