Teaching young children with autism to imitate others may improve a broader range of social skills, according to a new study. Teaching young children with autism to imitate others may improve a ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- The threat of ostracism influences children to imitate group behaviors as a means of re-affiliating, according to psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. Previous studies ...

Children and chimpanzees often follow the group when they want to learn something new. But do they actually forego their own preferences in order to fit in with their peers? In direct comparisons ...

Studies in Education / עיונים בחינוך, H. 19 (סיון תשל"ח / יוני 1978), pp. 55-66 (20 pages) The significance of the art work of children lies in its creative expressiveness. For this reason progressive ...

Imitation and social learning are foundational processes through which young children acquire new skills, behaviours and cultural norms. By observing and replicating the actions of others, children ...

Teaching young children with autism imitation skills can help them draw attention to objects with hand gestures and eye contact. The study from researchers at Michigan University analysed children ...

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they polite to them, and willing to attribute human-like qualities to them?

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 ...

Autistic children – and adults – often communicate differently to neurotypical people. Key characteristics of autistic speech can include less eye contact, focusing on the details rather than the ...

In a world where technological distractions abound, recess is being cut or reduced, parents are focusing mostly on structured activities to build their children’s resumés, and children are playing ...