A classic study on this
Infant imitation after a 1-week delay: Long-term memory for novel acts and multiple stimuli.
Andrew N. Meltzoff · 1988 · Developmental Psychology
- Children
- About 36 toddlers
- Where
- A lab in Seattle, United States
- Ages
- 14 months
- How
- Researchers showed toddlers new actions and tested them a week later
- What it found
- A week after seeing six new actions, 11 of 12 toddlers copied at least three, and 8 of 12 copied an unusual one (touching a panel with their head).
- Limits
- A small group in one lab.