New paper out (the first one from my PhD! 😊): "The impact of model eyesight and social reward on automatic imitation in virtual reality"

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(With Roeljan Wiersema, Jan de Houwer & @craccoemiel.bsky.social)

Mareike Westfal recently developed and validated an online version of the imitation-inhibition task. This allows even researcher with few programming experiences to assess imitative behavior online. Together with
@ja.ncrusi.us @craccoemiel.bsky.social
link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758...

@craccoemiel.bsky.social and I are excited that our edited book on #AutomaticImitation is now published online as open access @SpringerPsych. The chapters cover sections on measures, processes, and consequences of diverse forms of automatic imitation. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Job alert: Together with @ja.ncrusi.us and @craccoemiel.bsky.social, I am looking for a PhD (75%; 3 years) on a @dfgpublic.bsky.social funded project on the topic of imitative behavior at the Leuphana University Lüneburg. The position starts in February 2025. www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

In a registered report @craccoemiel.bsky.social, Roman Liepelt, Marcel Brass, and myself found weak evidence for the idea that automatic imitation is influenced by animacy belief­—i.e., the belief of whether the other person’s hand is (non)human. econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...

@craccoemiel.bsky.social and I are excited to have submitted all the chapters of our book on Automatic Imitation to our publisher. The book will be open access and cover sections on measures, processes, and consequences of imitation written by esteemed experts in the field.