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Copying Fidelity

Copying Fidelity is a construct in social learning theory that denotes the degree of accuracy with which an observer replicates a modeled behavior, distinguishing it from related mechanisms by emphasizing the precision of behavioral reproduction over mere imitation or emulation.

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55

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2017–2026

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From over‐imitation to super‐copying: Adults imitate causally irrelevant aspects of tool use with higher fidelity than young children

Nicola McGuigan, Jenny Makinson, Andrew Whiten · British Journal of Psychology · 2010 · 323 citations

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

Mark Nielsen, Cornelia Blank · Developmental Psychology · 2011 · 278 citations

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Observational learning in chimpanzees and children studied through ‘ghost’ conditions

Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven J. Schapiro et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2008 · 154 citations · Full text

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Cognitive requirements of cumulative culture: teaching is useful but not essential

Elena Zwirner, Alex Thornton · Scientific Reports · 2015 · 113 citations · Full text

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A localization threshold for macromolecular quasispecies from continuously distributed replication rates

John S. McCaskill · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1984 · 73 citations

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Authors

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  1. MC
    Mathieu Charbonneau

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    3 publications · 83 citations

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  2. AW
    Andrew Whiten

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 547 citations

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  3. AA
    Alberto Acerbi

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  4. MN
    Mark Nielsen

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    2 publications · 312 citations

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  5. LM
    Lydia M. Hopper

    Lincoln Park Zoo, United States

    2 publications · 211 citations

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Institutions

41

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    329 citations

  2. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1K citations

  3. Aix-Marseille Université

    Marseille, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    151 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    204 citations

  5. Brunel University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  6. Institut des Sciences Moléculaires

    Talence, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    83 citations

  7. Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique

    Marrakesh, Morocco

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  8. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  5. Evolutionary Human Sciences

    1 publications · 20 citations

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