Imitation as physical and mental duplication
Nadel, Jacqueline
Imitation as physical and mental duplication - 2022.
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The article analyzes Wallon’s option which limits the definition of imitation to its representational substrate of mental duplication. Beyond the evocative power of simulation in representation, the article questions the assertive break between imitation as a mental duplicate and synchronous imitation, called mimicry, considered a physical duplicate conveying an emotional confusion between imitator and model. Situations of social interaction through imitation are analyzed in relation to their behavioral specificity in young children, and in relation to their brain characteristics in young adults. The results indicate that these seemingly basic situations of imitation nevertheless induce a motor dialogue involving the anticipation of the other’s motor intentions and the modulation of one’s own planning of action. Thus, concrete and physical imitation is marked by mentalization.
Imitation as physical and mental duplication - 2022.
34
The article analyzes Wallon’s option which limits the definition of imitation to its representational substrate of mental duplication. Beyond the evocative power of simulation in representation, the article questions the assertive break between imitation as a mental duplicate and synchronous imitation, called mimicry, considered a physical duplicate conveying an emotional confusion between imitator and model. Situations of social interaction through imitation are analyzed in relation to their behavioral specificity in young children, and in relation to their brain characteristics in young adults. The results indicate that these seemingly basic situations of imitation nevertheless induce a motor dialogue involving the anticipation of the other’s motor intentions and the modulation of one’s own planning of action. Thus, concrete and physical imitation is marked by mentalization.
Réseaux sociaux