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Associative sequence learning

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Associative Sequence Learning (ASL) is a theoretical account of the human ability to imitate proposed by Cecelia Heyes[1][2]. Its central tenet is that associations between sensory and motor representations are acquired onotgenetically, as a result of correlated sensorimotor experience. ASL proposes that this learning is mediated by the same mechanisms responsible for conditioning in human and non-human animals.

  1. ^ Heyes, C. M. & Ray, E. (2000) What is the significance of imitation in animals? Advances in the Study of Behavior, 29, 215-245
  2. ^ Heyes, C. M. (2001) Causes and consequences of imitation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5, 253-261