• Developmental trend towards exact imitation in the second year of life: Evidence from a longitudinal study 

      Óturai, Gabriella; Kolling, Thorsten; Knopf, Monika (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-11)
      Findings from previous cross-sectional studies showed that while toddlers around their first birthday imitate selectively, that is, they systematically omit some kinds of target action steps or they copy only the goal, but not the means of the modeled actions, older toddlers imitate more exactly. The aim of the present article is to provide longitudinal evidence for this developmental trend and to ...
    • A variation of the social context in the warm-up period influences 18-month-olds’ imitation 

      Kim, Ziyon; Óturai, Gabriella; Király, Ildikó; Hirte, Monika; Knopf, Monika (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-06)
      The present study aimed to investigate how the prior social disposition of a model in a warm-up period influences 18-month-old infants’ subsequent imitation. Infants were randomly assigned to an interactive and social warm-up period (<i>n</i> = 19) or a non-interactive and non-social warm-up period (<i>n</i> = 19) with the model prior to the imitation task. They then participated in an imitation ...