Mommy or me? Who is the agent in a sense of agency in infant orofacial stereotypies?

Gerry Leisman

doi:10.1017/S0140525X16001904

Mommy or me? Who is the agent in a sense of agency in infant orofacial stereotypies?

Gerry Leisman

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Abstract

That neonates imitate is an assertion that lacks supporting evidence. Orofacial stereotypies are critical to optimizing food rejection. Matching of tongue-protrusion is not imitation, but a manifestation of the infant's arousal by the modeler's exhibition of the same behavior. The support for the nativist assertion that newborn infants imitate is not compelling, and we should proceed on the assumption that they do not.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e393
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X16001904
State	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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10.1017/S0140525X16001904

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