title: Reality check: Prior exposure facilitates picture book imitation by 15-month-old infants.
abstract: We examined whether 15-month-olds could imitate a novel action sequence from a picture book, and whether or not pre-exposure to the objects before reading the book would facilitate imitation. We found that infants only imitated from a picture book above baseline when they had previously interacted with the objects.
authors.affiliation: Mater Research-University of Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: simcock@mater.uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Gabrielle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simcock
authors.affiliation: Australian Catholic University, Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heron-Delaney
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Imitation; Infancy; Picture books; Symbols