A classic study on this
Imitation of Facial and Manual Gestures by Human Neonates
Andrew N. Meltzoff, Maggie Moore · 1977 · Science
- Children
- Not given in the summary we read
- Where
- Not given in the summary we read
- Ages
- 12 to 21 days old
- How
- Researchers made faces and hand movements and filmed babies' responses
- What it found
- Reported that babies a few weeks old copied faces and hand movements.
- Limits
- We have only read the summary. A later, larger study didn't find this.