This book summarizes more than four decades of research on imitation in infancy and its relation to early learning and sociocognitive development in typically a

First published in 1999, this book brings together the extensive modern evidence for innate imitation in babies. Modern research has shown imitation to be a nat

Twenty-four distinguished behavioral scientists present recent research on the self during the pivotal period of transition from infancy to childhood and place

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progre

From earliest infancy, a typically developing child imitates or mirrors the facial expressions, postures and gestures, and emotional behavior of others. Where d