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Ray, Elizabeth; Heyes, Cecilia – Developmental Science, 2011
Imitation requires the imitator to solve the correspondence problem--to translate visual information from modelled action into matching motor output. It has been widely accepted for some 30 years that the correspondence problem is solved by a specialized, innate cognitive mechanism. This is the conclusion of a poverty of the stimulus argument,…
Descriptors: Neonates, Imitation, Visual Stimuli, Perceptual Motor Learning
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Del Giudice, Marco; Manera, Valeria; Keysers, Christian – Developmental Science, 2009
Mirror neurons are increasingly recognized as a crucial substrate for many developmental processes, including imitation and social learning. Although there has been considerable progress in describing their function and localization in the primate and adult human brain, we still know little about their ontogeny. The idea that mirror neurons result…
Descriptors: Socialization, Student Attitudes, Brain, Children
Saunders, Minta M. – 1971
Learning in infancy is based on activity, beginnings, and curiosity, the so-called ABC's. Earliest behavior consists of mass activity, the period from birth to 24 months of sensory-motor development which provides the foundation for all future learning. Adults must provide space, toys, and affectionate care to help infants proceed through…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Discovery Learning
Blakes-Greenway, Doris – 1995
This practicum was designed to increase teacher knowledge base in developmentally appropriate practices and increase understanding of the need for play and sensory motor activities in the kindergarten program. The primary goal was that the kindergarten teachers would use more developmentally appropriate practices in achieving curriculum…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Discovery Learning