Social Learning in the Real-World: ‘Over-Imitation’ Occurs in Both Children and Adults Unaware of Participation in an Experiment and Independently of Social Interaction

• Andrew Whiten ,

  * E-mail: aw2@st-andrews.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Gillian Allan,

  Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Siobahn Devlin,

  Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Natalie Kseib,

  Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Nicola Raw,

  Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Nicola McGuigan

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, School of Life Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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