Imitation in infancy /edited by Jacqueline Nadel and George Butterworth. 

 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  (c)1999. 
 - x, 290 pages :  illistrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : immediate imitation rehabilitated at last  Persons and representation : why infant imitation is important for theories of human development  Genesis and development of early infant mimesis to facial and vocal models  Neonatal imitation : existence, mechanisms and motives  Evolutionary foundations of imitation : social, cognitive and developmental aspects of imitative processes in non-human primates  What infants' imitations communicate : with mothers, with fathers and with peers  Imitation as activity : its developmental aspects  The evolving nature of imitation as a format for communication  Neonatal imitation and imitation among children with autism and Down's syndrome  An examination of the imitation deficit in autism  Jacqueline Nadel and George Butterworth --  Andrew N. Meltzoff and M. Keith Moore --  Giannis Kugiumutzakis --  George Butterworth --  Kim A. Bard and Connie L. Russell --  Colwyn Trevarthen, Theano Kokkinaki and Geraldo A. Fiamenghi, Jr. --  Ina C. Uzgiris --  Jacqueline Nadel ... [and others] --  Mikael Heimann and Ea Ullstadius --  Sally J. Rogers. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99213860 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB98-W1758 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Developmental psychology.<br/>Imitation in children.<br/>Interpersonal communication in infants.<br/>Imitative Behavior--Infant.<br/>Child Psychology.<br/>Cognition--Infant.<br/>Nonverbal Communication--Infant.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF723  / .I458 1999 BF723