Infants predict other people's action goals

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作者
Falck-Ytter, Terje [1 ]
Gredeback, Gustaf [1 ]
von Hofsten, Claes [1 ]
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[1] Uppsala Univ, Dept Psychol, S-75142 Uppsala, Sweden
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10.1038/nn1729
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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Do infants come to understand other people's actions through a mirror neuron system that maps an observed action onto motor representations of that action? We demonstrate that a specialized system for action perception guides proactive goal-directed eye movements in 12-month-old but not in 6-month-old infants, providing direct support for this view. The activation of this system requires observing an interaction between the hand of the agent and an object.
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