ABSTRACT
The study of imitation in human infants has proceeded along rather different lines from that of imitation in animals. In research on social learning in animals, a major goal has been to determine whether or not learning can occur through observation of conspecifics (see Galef, this volume; Zentall, this volume). In contrast, because imitation by humans is not in doubt, the goals of research on human infants have been instead to determine when, why, and what infants imitate.
