Comparative Cognition: Action Imitation Using Episodic Memory
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Humans encounter a myriad of actions or events and later recall some of these events using episodic memory. New research suggests that dogs can imitate recently encountered actions using episodic memory.
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When information is encoded incidentally and subsequently tested in an unexpected memory assessment, the transformation of this information into a preselected future action is impossible.
“By contrast, when information is encoded incidentally and subsequently tested in an unexpected memory assessment, the transformation of this information into a preselected future action is impossible [79,82,85,90]”
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- Authors
- Crystal, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Crystal, Jonathon D.
- ORCID
- Crystal, Jonathon D.
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- R1226-R1228
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2559963156
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 0.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- action imitation, episodic memory, dogs, comparative cognition, animal cognition, event recall, social learning
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cognition, Conditioning, Operant, Dogs, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Memory, Mental Recall, Retention, Psychology
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