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Imitation and the Social Mind

Autism and Typical Development

From earliest infancy, a typically developing child imitates or mirrors the facial expressions, postures and gestures, and emotional behavior of others. Where does this capacity come from, and what function does it serve? What happens when imitation is impaired? Synthesizing cutting-edge research emerging from a range of disciplines, this important book examines the role of imitation in both autism and typical development. Topics include the neural and evolutionary bases of imitation, its pivotal connections to language development and relationships, and how early imitative deficits in autism might help explain the more overt social and communication problems of older children and adults.

One of the more elegant aspects of the self–other mapping hypothesis of autism
comes from its capacity for testability and the potential for such tests to generate
new and exciting leads that increase our understanding of autism. Imitation is ...