TY - BOOK AU - Genschow,Oliver AU - Cracco,Emiel ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Automatic Imitation SN - 9783031626340 AV - BF1-990 U1 - 150 23 PY - 2025/// CY - Cham PB - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer KW - Psychology KW - Neuropsychology KW - Clinical psychology KW - Cognitive psychology KW - Social psychology KW - Behavioral Sciences and Psychology KW - Clinical Psychology KW - Cognitive Psychology KW - Social Psychology N1 - Chapter 1 Different types of automatic imitation -- Chapter 2 Mechanisms of automatic imitation -- Chapter 3 Internal and external factors influencing automatic imitation -- Chapter 4 Consequences of automatic imitation; Open Access N2 - People spontaneously imitate a wide range of different behaviors. The interest in this phenomenon dates back to at least the 18th century when Adam Smith (1759) argued that imitation can be seen as a primitive form of sympathy. Despite the longstanding interest, it was not until the 20th century that different research fields within psychology and neuroscience started empirically investigating this social phenomenon. This book brings together leading researchers from various domains to provide readers with a recent overview of developments in automatic imitation research. This is an open access book. UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62634-0 ER -