Introduction to Automatic Imitation

Oliver Genschow; Emiel Cracco

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-62634-0_1

Introduction to Automatic Imitation

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Abstract

People automatically imitate a variety of different behaviors. Interest in research on this phenomenon dates back to at least the eighteenth century. However, systematic studies into automatic imitation did not gain momentum until the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since then, researchers from various fields of psychology and neuroscience started investigating the underlying processes and consequences of automatic imitation. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the widespread occurrence of automatic imitation, exploring both what and how individuals imitate, offering a critical analysis of the research conducted over the past 25 years. In this introduction, we give a brief overview of each of the chapters captured in this book.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Automatic Imitation
Editors	Oliver Genschow, Emiel Cracco
Number of pages	7
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publication date	2025
Pages	1-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-62633-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-62634-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62634-0_1
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Research areas and keywords

Psychology
Automatic imitation
Consequences
Introduction
Mimicry
Overview
Processes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Psychology

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Social Modulation of Imitative Behavior
Genschow, O. & Cracco, E., 2025, Automatic Imitation. Genschow, O. & Cracco, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 219–239 21 p.
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Introduction to Automatic Imitation

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