Does Experience Modulate Automatic Imitation? A New Look
Genovese, F.; Fanghella, M.; Sinigaglia, C.; Barchiesi, G.
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Automatic imitation is a stimulus-response compatibility effect wherein observing an action automatically influences motor performance. However, the mechanism underlying this effect remains controversial. Associative Sequence Learning suggests that automatic imitation arises from contingent visual and motor activity associations. Prior studies have shown that exposure to counter-imitative training can alter these visuomotor associations, suggesting that automatic imitation can be modulated by experience. Here, we aim to bring new insight into how this modulation occurs by exploring the time course of automatic imitation before and after counter-imitative training. If automatic imitation is merely a result of contingent associations, as previously suggested, the effect should consistently be modulated following such training. However, if this is not the case, automatic imitation is not, or not only, a matter of contingent association, at least not as currently understood.
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