The Association between Imitation Recognition and Socio-Communicative Competencies in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Imitation recognition provides a viable platform from which advanced social cognitive skills may develop. Despite evidence that non-human primates are capable of imitation recognition, how this ability is related to social cognitive skills is unknown. In this study, we compared imitation recogniti...

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Main Authors: Sarah M Pope, Jamie eRussell, William D Hopkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00188/full