Imitation of facial gestures by an infant chimpanzee
Imitation of facial gestures by an infant chimpanzee
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模仿黑猩猩婴儿的面部表情
作者：
Masako Myowa
按照meltzoff和moore（1977）的方法，研究人员测试了一只幼年黑猩猩（Pan troglodytes）模仿人类面部动作的能力。研究对象在5到15周龄之间进行观察。结果表明，被试在5-10周龄时可以模仿舌头伸出，在5-11周龄时可以模仿张嘴。然而，从12周到15周，婴儿不再模仿面部动作。目前的研究清楚地表明，婴儿黑猩猩可以模仿人类的面部手势在一个特定的时期。
A nursery-reared infant chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) was tested for the ability to imitate human facial gestures, following the procedure ofMeltzoff andMoore (1977). The subject was observed between 5 to 15 weeks of ages. The results showed that the subject could imitate tongue protrusion in the age of 5–10 weeks and mouth opening between the ages of 5–11 weeks. However, from 12 to 15 weeks, the infant did not imitate the facial gestures. The present study clearly demonstrated that the infant chimpanzee could imitate human facial gestures in a particular period.