The Mind in 1500 Words

"No Compelling Evidence That Newborns Imitate Oral Gestures."


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Do newborn babies imitate facial expressions of adults? Some say yes, but:

 

Anisfeld, Turkewitz, Rose, Rosenberg, Sheiber, Couturier‐Fagan, Ger, & Sommer, (2001). No Compelling Evidence That Newborns Imitate Oral Gestures. Infancy, 2(1), 111–122.

 

Didn’t find that they do.

 

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The Mind in 1500 WordsBy Glenn Carruthers