We propose a framework which breaks down the mechanisms of social learning into their four constituent elements: actions, results, goals, and context. We review what is known about the use of each of these elements in children’s and apes’ social learning, with special attention to possible differences among apes with different rearing histories. We conclude that, by 12 months of age, human infants use each of the four elements when interpreting and selectively copying others’ behavior. Apes, on the other hand, appear to focus solely on the results of demonstrations (although there is some suggestive evidence that enculturated apes may copy actions and goals more than other apes). Finally, we show how these (and other related) findings can b...
In the wake of telling critiques of the foundations on which earlier conclusions were based, the las...
Imitation is considered to be an efficient method of conveying information between individuals. It i...
Cumulative cultural learning has been argued to rely on high-fidelity copying of other individuals? ...
We propose a new framework for thinking about social learning which breaks down the mechanisms of so...
We highlight two aspects of research into social learning that have been neglected in existing devel...
There is currently much debate about the nature of social learning in chimpanzees., The main questio...
What, if anything, is special about human imitation? An evaluation of enculturated apes’ imitation s...
There is currently much debate about the nature of social learning in chimpanzees., The main questio...
We propose that the crucial difference between human cognition and that of other species is the abil...
To explain social learning without invoking the cognitively complex concept of imitation, many learn...
Human infants imitate not only to acquire skill, but also as a fundamental part of social interactio...
SummaryHuman infants imitate not only to acquire skill, but also as a fundamental part of social int...
The variety and complexity of human-made tools are unique in the animal kingdom. Research investigat...
Individuals observing a proficient model can potentially benefit by copying at least one of the foll...
Programme Level Social Learning (PLSL) was investigated in seven captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodyte...
In the wake of telling critiques of the foundations on which earlier conclusions were based, the las...
Imitation is considered to be an efficient method of conveying information between individuals. It i...
Cumulative cultural learning has been argued to rely on high-fidelity copying of other individuals? ...
We propose a new framework for thinking about social learning which breaks down the mechanisms of so...
We highlight two aspects of research into social learning that have been neglected in existing devel...
There is currently much debate about the nature of social learning in chimpanzees., The main questio...
What, if anything, is special about human imitation? An evaluation of enculturated apes’ imitation s...
There is currently much debate about the nature of social learning in chimpanzees., The main questio...
We propose that the crucial difference between human cognition and that of other species is the abil...
To explain social learning without invoking the cognitively complex concept of imitation, many learn...
Human infants imitate not only to acquire skill, but also as a fundamental part of social interactio...
SummaryHuman infants imitate not only to acquire skill, but also as a fundamental part of social int...
The variety and complexity of human-made tools are unique in the animal kingdom. Research investigat...
Individuals observing a proficient model can potentially benefit by copying at least one of the foll...
Programme Level Social Learning (PLSL) was investigated in seven captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodyte...
In the wake of telling critiques of the foundations on which earlier conclusions were based, the las...
Imitation is considered to be an efficient method of conveying information between individuals. It i...
Cumulative cultural learning has been argued to rely on high-fidelity copying of other individuals? ...