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- Title
Measuring action understanding: Relations between goal prediction and imitation.
- Authors
Gampe, Anja; Prinz, Wolfgang; Daum, Moritz M.
- Abstract
We explored the developmental course of goal prediction and imitation as two commonly used measures of action understanding. In particular, we investigated the relationships between the measures in two complex multistep actions (hammering and pulling action) in children between 12 and 30 months (n = 64) in a between‐subjects design. The results showed that the prediction of an action goal was related to the imitation in the hammering action, but not in the pulling action. The results are discussed in the light of current theories on goal prediction and imitation.
- Subjects
INFANT development; MOTOR ability in infants; INFANTS; GOAL (Psychology); VISUAL perception in children; ANALYSIS of variance; CONFIDENCE intervals; PSYCHOLOGY of movement; SOCIAL skills; TASK performance; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2016, Vol 34, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
0261-510X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/bjdp.12125