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Mechanisms and functions of imitation

Reference	S02260
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Cecilia Heyes
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University College London
Department	Psychology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	196,770
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/1994
End date	01/10/1997
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The psychological mechanisms underlying imitation, and the potential role of imitation in cultural transmission, will be investigated using a bidirectional control procedure in behavioural studies of rats. Two hypotheses guide the research i) imitation differs from instrumental learning in involving complex, cross-model processes in the establishment of action representations, and ii) information acquired through imitation is retained with greater fidelity than information acquired through non-imitative social learning; it is more resistant to subsequent loss and modification by individual learning.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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