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Introduction Introduction
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Mirroring in infancy Mirroring in infancy
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Infants’ actions and action understanding Infants’ actions and action understanding
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A new strategy for assessing the functional roleof mirroring in infancy A new strategy for assessing the functional roleof mirroring in infancy
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Integrating behavioral and neural measures in infants Integrating behavioral and neural measures in infants
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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References References
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17 Mirroring and the ontogeny of social cognition
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Published:October 2015
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Abstract
There has been considerable debate about the possible functional role that mirroring plays early in life. This chapter reviews neuroscientific and behavioral evidence that suggests that mirroring may support action understanding—a foundational early social cognitive skill. Throughout this review, convergent evidence that demonstrates that infants show characteristic features of mirroring in their early social behavior and their neural response is highlighted. It is argued that the behavioral methods used to assess infant action understanding can be combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to determine the functional role of neural mirroring early in life. The chapter concludes by reviewing new research that integrates EEG with a behavioral paradigm used to assess goal imitation. These initial findings demonstrate the value of integrating neural measures with behavioral ones and suggest that the variability in infants’ natural behavior may be leveraged to understand links between brain and behavior.
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