"Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery for adults, but for babies it's their foremost tool for learning. As renowned people-watchers, babies often observe others demonstrate how to do things and then copy those body movements. It's how little ones know, usually without explicit instructions, to hold a toy phone to the ear or guide a spoon to the mouth....
"The findings, published online Oct. 30 by PLOS ONE, are the first to show that babies' brains showed specific activation patterns when an adult performed a task with different parts of her body. When 14-month-old babies simply watched an adult use her hand to touch a toy, the hand area of the baby's brain lit up. When another group of infants watched an adult touch the toy using only her foot, the foot area of the baby's brain showed more activity...."
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-baby-brains-tuned-specific-actions.html
See also Jane's article:
The “Still Face” video still packs an emotional wallop
http://acestoohigh.com/2013/09/26/the-still-face-video-still-packs-an-emotional-wallop/
and...
Baby's Emotional Reaction to Mother's Song
http://acesconnection.com/profiles/blogs/baby-s-emotional-reaction-to-mother-s-song
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