Does it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation

According to an influential hypothesis, people imitate motor movements to foster social interactions. Could imitation of language serve a similar function? We investigated this question in two pre-registered experiments. In Experiment 1, participants were asked to alternate naming pictures and match...

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Autores principales:	Jarosław R. Lelonkiewicz, Martin J. Pickering, Holly P. Branigan
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Publicado:	The Royal Society 2021
Materias:	imitation mimicry alignment social coordination Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4c10a69a4853451d8a30e76fbdbfa25b2021-11-26T11:20:57ZDoes it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation10.1098/rsos.2111072054-5703https://doaj.org/article/4c10a69a4853451d8a30e76fbdbfa25b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211107https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703According to an influential hypothesis, people imitate motor movements to foster social interactions. Could imitation of language serve a similar function? We investigated this question in two pre-registered experiments. In Experiment 1, participants were asked to alternate naming pictures and matching pictures to a name provided by a partner. Crucially, and unknown to participants, the partner was in fact a computer program which in one group produced the same names as previously used by the participant, and in the other group consistently produced different names. We found no difference in how the two groups evaluated the partner or the interaction and no difference in their willingness to cooperate with the partner. In Experiment 2, we made the task more similar to natural interactions by adding a stage in which a participant and the partner introduced themselves to each other and included a measure of the participant's autistic traits. Once again, we found no effects of being imitated. We discuss how these null results may inform imitation research.Jarosław R. LelonkiewiczMartin J. PickeringHolly P. BraniganThe Royal Societyarticleimitationmimicryalignmentsocial coordinationScienceQENRoyal Society Open Science, Vol 8, Iss 11 (2021)
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description	According to an influential hypothesis, people imitate motor movements to foster social interactions. Could imitation of language serve a similar function? We investigated this question in two pre-registered experiments. In Experiment 1, participants were asked to alternate naming pictures and matching pictures to a name provided by a partner. Crucially, and unknown to participants, the partner was in fact a computer program which in one group produced the same names as previously used by the participant, and in the other group consistently produced different names. We found no difference in how the two groups evaluated the partner or the interaction and no difference in their willingness to cooperate with the partner. In Experiment 2, we made the task more similar to natural interactions by adding a stage in which a participant and the partner introduced themselves to each other and included a measure of the participant's autistic traits. Once again, we found no effects of being imitated. We discuss how these null results may inform imitation research.
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title	Does it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation
title_short	Does it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation
title_full	Does it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation
title_fullStr	Does it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation
title_full_unstemmed	Does it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation
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Does it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation

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