Babies Are More Engaged and Friendly When You Imitate Them, Study Says

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Babies Are More Engaged and Friendly When You Imitate Them, Study Says
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Read about a new study from researchers in Sweden that looked at how imitation plays a role in the way 6-month-old infants engaged with and responded to strangers.

Scientists are constantly looking at cognitive, behavioral and emotional development in babies to learn more about human life in our earliest years. Now, a new study is looking at how babies engage with adults and found that they’re more likely to engage when adults imitate their actions.. It looked at data from 16 infants and found that babies were not only able to recognize when they were being imitated, but were also more friendly towards these adults.

“Imitating young infants seems to be an effective way to catch their interest and bond with them.

"This was quite interesting,” Sauciuc said. “When someone actively tests the person who is imitating them, it is usually seen as an indication that the imitated individual is aware that there is a correspondence between their own behaviour and the behaviour of the other.” While the study was a small one, the researchers believe their findings show how babies learn about cultural norms and interacting with others. “By showing that 6-month-old infants recognise when they are being imitated, and that imitation has a positive effect on interaction, we begin to fill up this gap,” Sauciuc explained. “We still have to find out when exactly imitation begins to have such effects, and what role imitation recognition actually plays for babies.

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