Beyond flattery: Why imitation could be humanity’s most distinctive feature

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The Christian Science Monitor featured I-LABS Co-Director Andrew Meltzoff’s thoughts on his “like-me” theory of children’s imitation.

Imitation is “a chief channel for learning to be a human,” Meltzoff says. “[Children] become little members of their culture by imitating those around them.”

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