Week 6: Imitation and Social Learning

• Caro, T.M. and Marc D. Hauser (1992), Is there teaching in nonhuman animals?, Quarterly Review of Biology, 67(2), 151-74.
• Göth, A. & Evans, C.S.(2005), Life-history and social learning: megapode chicks fail to acquire feeding preferences from conspecifics. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 119, 381-386.
• Heyes, Cecilia (2001), Causes and consequences of imitation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 6, 253-261.
• Hunt, G.R. and Gray, R.D. (2003), Diversification and cumulative evolution in tool manufacture by New Caledonian crows. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 270, 867-874.
• Thornton, Alex and Katherine McAuliffe (2006), Teaching in Wild Meerkats. Science, Vol. 313, 227-229.
• Myowa-Yamakoshi, Masako (2006), How and When do Chimpanzees Acquire the Ability to Imitate? In T. Matsuzawa, M. Tomonaga, and M. Tanaka (Eds.) Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees, Springer, Chapter 14.