In collaboration with Francys Subiaul we conducted research at the Zoo, the History museum and the building museum where families generously volunteered their time while visiting the museum. In this series of studies we show how young children become super imitators and learn how about different aspects of the world, information about objects and information about location.
Spiedel, R., Zimmermann, L., Green, L., Brito, N.H., Subiaul, F., Barr, R. (2020). Optimizing imitation: Examining cognitive factors leading to imitation, overimitation, and goal emulation in preschoolers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 203.
Zimmerman, L., Frank, H.E., Subiaul, F., Barr, R. (2020). Applying computational modeling to assess age-, sex-, and strategy-related differences in Spin the Pots, a working memory task for 2- to 4-year-olds. Developmental Psychobiology, 1-12.
Subiaul, F., Patterson, E.M., Zimmermann, L., Barr, R. (2019). Only domain-specific imitation practice makes imitation perfect. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 177, 248-264.
Subiaul, F., Zimmermann, L., Renner, E., Schilder, B., & Barr, R. (2016). Defining elemental imitation mechanisms: A comparison of cognitive and motor-spatial imitation learning across object- and computer-based tasks. Journal of Cognition and Development, 17(2): 221-243.
Subiaul, F., Patterson, E., Barr, R. (2015). The cognitive structure of goal emulation during the preschool years. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 34, 1-18.
Subiaul, F., Patterson, E., Schilder, B., Renner, E., Barr, R. (2014). Becoming a high- fidelity-super-imitator: What are the contributions of social and individual learning?. Developmental Science, 1-11.