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2013

Conference Publication

Is the human mirror system operational at birth?

Slaughter, Virginia, Oostenbroek, Janine, Suddendorf, Thomas and Nielsen, Mark (2013). Is the human mirror system operational at birth?. ACNS-2013 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28 Nov - 1 Dec, 2013. Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2013.212.00043

Is the human mirror system operational at birth?

2012

Journal Article

Childhood and advances in human tool use

Nielsen, Mark (2012). Childhood and advances in human tool use. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35 (4), 232-233. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001932

Childhood and advances in human tool use

2012

Journal Article

Fourteen-month-olds' imitation of differently aged models

Zmyj, Norbert, Daum, Moritz M., Prinz, Wolfgang, Nielsen, Mark and Aschersleben, Gisa (2012). Fourteen-month-olds' imitation of differently aged models. Infant and Child Development, 21 (3), 250-266. doi: 10.1002/icd.750

Fourteen-month-olds' imitation of differently aged models

2012

Journal Article

Social learning in humans and nonhuman animals: Theoretical and empirical dissections

Nielsen, Mark, Subiaul, Francys, Galef, Bennett, Zentall, Thomas and Whiten, Andrew (2012). Social learning in humans and nonhuman animals: Theoretical and empirical dissections. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 126 (2), 109-113. doi: 10.1037/a0027758

Social learning in humans and nonhuman animals: Theoretical and empirical dissections

2012

Journal Article

Imitation, pretend play, and childhood: Essential elements in the evolution of human culture?

Nielsen, Mark (2012). Imitation, pretend play, and childhood: Essential elements in the evolution of human culture?. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 126 (2), 170-181. doi: 10.1037/a0025168

Imitation, pretend play, and childhood: Essential elements in the evolution of human culture?

2012

Journal Article

Young children overimitate in third-party contexts

Nielsen, Mark, Moore, Chris and Mohamedally, Jumana (2012). Young children overimitate in third-party contexts. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 112 (1), 73-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.01.001

Young children overimitate in third-party contexts

2012

Journal Article

When the transmission of culture is child's play

Nielsen, Mark, Cucchiaro, Jessica and Mohamedally, Jumana (2012). When the transmission of culture is child's play. PLoS One, 7 (3) e34066, e34066.1-e34066.6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034066

When the transmission of culture is child's play

2012

Journal Article

Product-based television and young children's pretend play in Australia

Fletcher, Renee and Nielsen, Mark (2012). Product-based television and young children's pretend play in Australia. Journal of Children and Media, 6 (1), 5-17. doi: 10.1080/17482798.2011.633397

Product-based television and young children's pretend play in Australia

2011

Journal Article

Imitation in young children: When who gets copied is more important than what gets copied.

Nielsen, Mark and Blank, Cornelia (2011). Imitation in young children: When who gets copied is more important than what gets copied.. Developmental Psychology, 47 (4), 1050-1053. doi: 10.1037/a0023866

Imitation in young children: When who gets copied is more important than what gets copied.

2011

Journal Article

Children's capacity to remember a novel problem and to secure its future solution

Suddendorf, Thomas, Nielsen, Mark and von Gehlen, Rebecca (2011). Children's capacity to remember a novel problem and to secure its future solution. Developmental Science, 14 (1), 26-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00950.x

Children's capacity to remember a novel problem and to secure its future solution

2010

Journal Article

Over-imitation in children with autism and Down syndrome

Nielsen, Mark and Hudry, Kristelle (2010). Over-imitation in children with autism and Down syndrome. Australian Journal of Psychology, 62 (2), 67-74. doi: 10.1080/00049530902758613

Over-imitation in children with autism and Down syndrome

2010

Journal Article

Overimitation in Kalahari Bushman children and the origins of human cultural cognition

Nielsen, Mark and Tomaselli, Keyan (2010). Overimitation in Kalahari Bushman children and the origins of human cultural cognition. Psychological Science, 21 (5), 729-736. doi: 10.1177/0956797610368808

Overimitation in Kalahari Bushman children and the origins of human cultural cognition

2010

Book Chapter

Failure to find over-imitation in captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus): Implications for our understanding of cross-generation information transfer

Nielsen, Mark and Susianto, Erna W. E. (2010). Failure to find over-imitation in captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus): Implications for our understanding of cross-generation information transfer. Developmental Psychology. (pp. 153-167) edited by Johan Håkansson. New York. NY, U.S.A.: Nova Science Publishers.

Failure to find over-imitation in captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus): Implications for our understanding of cross-generation information transfer

2009

Journal Article

The imitative behaviour of children and chimpanzees: A window on the transmission of cultural traditions

Nielsen, Mark (2009). The imitative behaviour of children and chimpanzees: A window on the transmission of cultural traditions. Revue de primatologie, 1, 2-13.

The imitative behaviour of children and chimpanzees: A window on the transmission of cultural traditions

2009

Journal Article

12-Month-Olds Produce Others' Intended but Unfulfilled Acts

Nielsen, Mark (2009). 12-Month-Olds Produce Others' Intended but Unfulfilled Acts. Infancy, 14 (3), 377-389. doi: 10.1080/15250000902840003

12-Month-Olds Produce Others' Intended but Unfulfilled Acts

2008

Journal Article

Tools, TV and trust: Introduction to the special issue on imitation in typically developing children

Nielsen, Mark Gregory and Carpenter, Malinda (2008). Tools, TV and trust: Introduction to the special issue on imitation in typically developing children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 101 (4), 225-227. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.09.005

Tools, TV and trust: Introduction to the special issue on imitation in typically developing children

2008

Journal Article

Reflecting on imitation in autism: Introduction to the special issue

Nielsen, Mark and Carpenter, Malinda (2008). Reflecting on imitation in autism: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 101 (3), 165-169. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.06.004

Reflecting on imitation in autism: Introduction to the special issue

2008

Journal Article

Interacting socially with human hands at 24 months of age

Slaughter, Virginia, Nielsen, Mark and Enchelmaier, Petrina (2008). Interacting socially with human hands at 24 months of age. Infancy, 13 (2), 185-195. doi: 10.1080/15250000701795721

Interacting socially with human hands at 24 months of age

2008

Journal Article

Adult modelling facilitates young children's generation of novel pretend acts

Nielsen, Mark and Christie, Tamara (2008). Adult modelling facilitates young children's generation of novel pretend acts. Infant and Child Development, 17 (2), 151-162. doi: 10.1002/icd.538

Adult modelling facilitates young children's generation of novel pretend acts

2008

Journal Article

The effect of social engagement on 24-month-olds' imitation from live and televised models

Nielsen, Mark, Simcock, Gabrielle and Jenkins, Linda (2008). The effect of social engagement on 24-month-olds' imitation from live and televised models. Developmental Science, 11 (5), 722-731. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00722.x

The effect of social engagement on 24-month-olds' imitation from live and televised models