A desire to fit in with others is a seemingly natural part of being human. From a very young age, there is a strong motivation for children to follow conventions (e.g., Haun & Tomasello, 2011; Haun et ...

In a language study exploring how people learn correct word use, researchers at Princeton University and the University of Illinois found that language learning goes well beyond simple imitation, and ...

Aristotle wrote that imitation is natural to human beings from childhood, and he observed that this is one of our advantages over the so-called lower animals. A human being is "the most imitative ...

Learning through imitation: This route, according to Nora Gomringer, also leads directly to language. She describes how we can fall madly in love and sings the praises of the act of imitatio. If we ...