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Everything about Imitation
Behaviour in which an individual observes and replicates another's behaviour
Imitation is a behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's behavior. Imitation is also a form of learning that leads to the "development of traditions, and ultimately our culture. It allows for the transfer of information between individuals and down generations without the need for genetic inheritance." The word imitation can be applied in many contexts, ranging from animal training to politics. The term generally refers to conscious behavior; subconscious imitation is termed mirroring. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ImitationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: TransFuser: Imitation With Transformer-Based Sensor Fusion for Autonomous DrivingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleurThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Causal Ambiguity, Barriers to Imitation, and Sustainable Competitive AdvantageCited 4,523 times
- Go sideways: Observational learningA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Mirror neuronA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The act of imitating.
Noun A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Causal Ambiguity, Barriers to Imitation, and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action
Knowledge and the Speed of the Transfer and Imitation of Organizational Capabilities: An Empirical Test
Imitation of Facial and Manual Gestures by Human Neonates
Cortical Mechanisms of Human Imitation
Neural mechanisms of empathy in humans: A relay from neural systems for imitation to limbic areas
Technical Change and the Rate of Imitation
ALE meta-analysis of action observation and imitation in the human brain
🆕 Influential since 2022
TransFuser: Imitation With Transformer-Based Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Driving
A Survey on Imitation Learning Techniques for End-to-End Autonomous Vehicles
A Survey of Imitation Learning: Algorithms, Recent Developments, and Challenges
Imitation Learning Enabled Task Scheduling for Online Vehicular Edge Computing
Experimental study on compressive behavior and failure characteristics of imitation steel fiber concrete under uniaxial load
📚 Books worth reading
Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleurMaurice Leblanc · 1907
The Big FourAgatha Christie · 1927
The Pursuit of the House-BoatJohn Kendrick Bangs · 1897
The Red House MysteryA. A. Milne · 1922- 📕The First book of the American chronicles of the timesSamuel Adams · 1774
HEAndrew Lang, Walter Herries Pollock · 1887
FoeJ. M. Coetzee · 1986
Homer travestieThomas Bridges, Thomas Tooly · 1720
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🔗 Related topics
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- Modeling (psychology) Modeling is: a method used in certain cognitive-behavioral techniques of psychotherapy whereby the client learns by imitation alone, copying a human model…
- Theory of mind In psychology and philosophy, theory of mind (often abbreviated to ToM) is the capacity to understand other individuals by ascribing mental states to them…
- Intermodal mapping Typically researched in infants, intermodal mapping refers to the ability to gather information about a particular stimulus by integrating multiple senses…
- Social learning in animals Social learning refers to learning that is facilitated by observation of, or interaction with, another animal or its products. Social learning has been…
- Mirroring Mirroring, or the chameleon effect, is a behavior in which one person subconsciously imitates the gesture, speech pattern, or attitude of another. Mirroring…
- Imitative learning Imitative learning is a type of social learning whereby new behaviors are acquired via imitation. Imitation aids in communication, social interaction,…