Why LKY likes other countries to mimic SG

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Because that old ape is identical with monkeys.

Joint Research between USA & Italian scientist confirmed that apes enjoyed to be mimiced and copied. If you copied their moves and learn from them, they will simply just love you. It had been proven by scientific studies and experiments with apes.

Monkeys see monkeys do - very true.

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/090813/1/1p022.html

猴子喜歡被模仿
中廣 更新日期:"2009/08/13 22:35"

美國跟義大利一項聯合調查顯示，如果你模仿猴子，猴子會更喜歡你。這項調查用一批猴子做實驗，請來一些人跟猴子接觸，其中一些人模仿猴子動作，另外一些人沒有模仿猴子動作，結果猴子跟模仿自己的人，互動比較多。 然後，這些人又拿食物給猴子吃，猴子喜歡接受模仿他們的人給的食物，不太願意接受沒有模仿他們的人給的食物。

美義研究人員說，人在潛意識裡，就有模仿別人的願望，模仿別人是人類演化的一個特徵，有助人際溝通。因此瞭接人類模仿行為，對治療自閉症可能會有幫助。

 

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090814/sc_afp/scienceanimalprimate_20090814053445


Monkeys, like people, prefer mimics: study
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Monkeys, like people, prefer mimics: study AFP/File – Imitating others has long been seen as a useful way to explore the world -- monkey see, monkey do -- …
Fri Aug 14, 1:34 am ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Imitating others has long been seen as a useful way to explore the world -- monkey see, monkey do -- but imitation could also make monkeys popular, a study has found.

Experts examining the habits of capuchins have discovered the monkeys build closer bonds with human playmates who mimic their behavior than with those who do not.

In the study some monkeys were exposed to researchers who imitated their behavior with a small ball; others were paired with researchers whose actions did not.

"After the imitation sequence, the monkeys consistently spent more time near the investigator who imitated them than with the investigator who did not," the researchers said.

And the same may be true for humans, according to the group's findings, published in the August 14 edition of the journal Science.

"Human beings prefer the behavior of other people who subtly imitate their behavior and other affects," said Duane Alexander, a senior expert at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), where part of the study was carried out.

While humans often assume the body postures, mannerisms or gestures of people they meet although neither party tends to be aware of the imitation, it nonetheless promotes social links, the researchers found.

It is hoped the findings "may lead to insights into disorders in which imitation and bonding is impaired such as certain forms of autism," explained Alexander.

The study was carried out by researchers at the NIH, the Italian National Research Council and the University of Parma.

 

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http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/43628/181/


How to make friends with a monkey
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By Emma Woollacott
Friday, August 14, 2009 05:05
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Washington, DC - It's well-known that mirroring the posture and behaviour of others predisposes them to like you. And apparently the same phenomenon holds true for monkeys.

A team of scientists at the National Institutes of Health and two Italian research institutions have found that capuchin monkeys preferred the company of researchers who imitated them to that of researchers who didn't.

The monkeys not only spent more time with their imitators, but also preferred to engage in a simple task with them even when provided with the option of performing the same task with a non-imitator.

"Researchers have known that human beings prefer the behavior of other people who subtly imitate their gestures and other affects," said Duane Alexander, Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. "Observing how imitation promotes bonding in primates may lead to insights in disorders in which imitation and bonding is impaired, such as certain forms of autism."

Apparently, it's the first time anyone has established this - although you might think that the fact that "to ape" is a synonym for "to copy" would have provided a clue.


Each monkey was given a wiffle ball. They commonly displayed three behaviors: poking the ball with their fingers, putting it in their mouths, or pounding it on a surface.

In sequence, each monkey was paired with two human investigators, each of which also had a wiffle ball. One investigator would mimic the monkey’s behavior, poking, mouthing, or pounding the ball, as appropriate. The other investigator would adopt a different behavior, for example, pounding the ball when the monkey poked it. (It must have been entertaining to watch.)

Afterwards, the monkeys consistently spent more time near the investigator who imitated them than with the investigator who did not. They also consistently chose to accept a reward from an imitator rather than a non-imitator.

Wild capuchin monkeys have been observed to match each other's behaviors when feeding, traveling, or avoiding predators.

"It has been argued that the link between behavior matching and increases in affiliation might have played an important role in human evolution by helping to maintain harmonious relationships between individuals," the authors wrote. "We propose that the same principle also holds for other group-living primates."

The study appears in Science.

 

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he got inferior complex lor


so can boost his lanjiao ego to stratosphere

 

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/13/monkeys.imitations/index.html?eref=ib_topstories


Study: Monkeys share human preference for imitation

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(CNN) -- A new study shows capuchin monkeys prefer humans whose behavior mimics theirs, a trait they share with humans, scientists say.
This capuchin monkey lives in the Amazon rain forest of northern Brazil.

This capuchin monkey lives in the Amazon rain forest of northern Brazil.

Research conducted by the National Institutes of Health in cooperation with two Italian institutions examined how monkeys reacted to two types of humans -- ones who copied their actions and ones who didn't.

"If one person imitates what a monkey does, and the other person does not imitate, the monkey prefers to spend more time in front of the person that imitated them," said Dr. Annika Paukner at the National Institutes of Health offices in Poolesville, Maryland.

Research has shown for some time that humans prefer to interact with others who act like them, and people have a subconscious tendency to imitate others. Paukner told CNN the new study shows it is more than just a human trait.

"It's something that's quite old and something very, very basic. It's not just for us sophisticated humans," she said.

In the study, a capuchin monkey was given a wiffle ball and was allowed to interact with a pair of researchers -- one who, using another ball, attempted to mimic the action of the monkey, and one who deliberately acted in a different way.

Monkeys in the study consistently spent more time interacting with the imitators. They also more readily accepted food and trinkets from the mimicking humans, even when the non-imitators offered the same rewards.

According to the report, the new findings indicate an evolutionary link to the way humans form friendships and create social connections. It also eventually may help people who struggle in social situations, including those suffering from autism.

"Observing how imitation promotes bonding in primates may lead to insights in disorders in which imitation and bonding are impaired," Dr. Duane Alexander of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development said in a written statement.

Autism spectrum disorders are often marked by an inability to recognize and process social cues that are clear to others.

The National Research Council in Rome and the University of Parma conducted the research along with the National Institutes of Health.

The full report appears in this week's edition of the journal Science.