Carry-over effects of tool functionality and previous unsuccessfulness increase overimitation in children
Children ‘overimitate’ causally irrelevant actions in experiments where both irrelevant and relevant actions involve a single common tool. This study design may make it harder for children to recognize the irrelevant actions, as the perceived functionality of the tool during the demonstration of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.201373 |