A classic study on this
Infant Imitation and Memory: Nine-Month-Olds in Immediate and Deferred Tests
Andrew N. Meltzoff · 1988 · Child Development
- Children
- About 120 babies in two studies
- Where
- A lab in Seattle, United States
- Ages
- About 9 months
- How
- Researchers showed babies new actions with toys and tested them later
- What it found
- Half of the 9-month-olds shown three new actions copied at least two of them a day later, against about 1 in 5 babies who hadn't been shown.
- Limits
- A group result in one lab, not the age when individual babies start.