In other words, imitation is never identical and the micro-experiments help increase the possibilities explored, ultimately leading to better performance.
The words "bad imitation" are a tautology: all imitations are inferior to -- or at least different from -- the original.
In other words, caregivers' imitation of infants might help infants to map their own bodies and movements onto the bodies and movements of others".
He begins the song almost rapping — at least he's talking, and mumbling, and not quite hitting all the words, in imitation of someone who's found his way to the bottom of his cup.
But a second and equally important aspect of the movement was the elimination of what Mao called "foreign dogmatism"—in other words, blind imitation of Soviet experience and obedience to Soviet directives.
It is, in other words, an imitation of generation's worth of imitations (most conspicuously, those of Quentin Tarantino's neo-heist-ism), each of which exists solely as a vehicle for the personal obsessions and originality of style with which a director infuses it.
In the suspicious, divided atmosphere of Uaxactun, said longtime resident Erwin Macz, as factions fought one another over the community's future, "people asked, 'Who is this gringo anyway?'" But he earned their respect, learning Spanish slowly through sign language, swear words, and imitation.
A common classical idea of beautiful art involves the word mimesis, the imitation of nature.
Instead, through touch, words, and even imitation, increase the likelihood that he will notice himself moving and begin feeling more of himself.
Research has shown that observing and imitating gestures can foster word learning and that imitation might be more beneficial than observation, which is in line with theories of Embodied Cognition.
