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Imitation by combination: preschool age children evidence summative imitation in a novel problem-solving task

Children are exceptional, even ‘super,’ imitators but comparatively poor independent problem-solvers or innovators. Yet, imitation and innovation are both necessary components of cumulative cultural evolution. Here, we explored the relationship between imitation and innovation by assessing children’...

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Autores principales: Subiaul, Francys, Krajkowski, Edward, Price, Elizabeth E., Etz, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4585006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26441782
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01410