The evolution of imitation: what do the capacities of non-human animals tell us about the mechanisms of imitation?
The evolution of imitation: what do the capacities of non-human animals tell us about the mechanisms of imitation?
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DOI：
10.1098/rstb.2009.0060
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发表时间：
2009-08-27
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Miklosi, Adam
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作者：
Huber, Ludwig;Range, Friederike;Miklosi, Adam
在本文中，我们回顾报告，并提出新的实证数据，从研究与绒猴和狗，解决模仿研究的对应问题。我们关注的问题是如何将视觉信息转化为匹配的运动行为。在这里，重要的问题不是学习复杂的技能，而是确定动物在不同行为组织水平上的复制保真度。作为一个理论框架，我们提出了一个分类的运动，行动和结果，这表明组织水平的模仿和匹配度之间的正相关关系。猴子的研究提供了非常精确的动作复制的证据，在较小的程度上，行为复制，狗的研究提供了动作复制和结果复制的证据。在一项“照我做”的研究中，一只狗试图以牺牲运动细节为代价来再现所演示的物体操纵的结果。传递性行为比不传递性行为更容易被复制，并且行为的熟悉程度有很大的影响。对这些发现的讨论解决了模仿背后的神经机制问题，以及单一机制是否足以解释不同水平的复制保真度。
In this paper, we review reports and present new empirical data from studies with marmosets and dogs that address the correspondence problem of imitation research. We focus on the question of how it is possible to transform visual information into matching motor acts. Here, the important issue is not the learning of a complex skill, but determining the copying fidelity of animals at different levels of behavioural organization. As a theoretical framework, we suggest a classification in terms of movement, action and result, which shows a positive relationship between the organizational level of imitation and matching degree. While the monkey studies have provided evidence of very precise copying of movements and, to a lesser degree, of behaviours, the dog studies have provided evidence of action copying and the reproduction of results. In a Do-as-I-do study, a dog attempted to reproduce the results of demonstrated object manipulations at the expense of movement details. Transitive actions were more easily replicated than intransitive ones, and familiarity of actions had a major influence. The discussion of these findings addresses the question of the neuronal mechanisms underlying imitation and whether a single mechanism is sufficient to explain the different levels of copying fidelity.