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cord-287036-swo90ji2	Rauchbauer, Birgit	Developmental trajectory of interpersonal motor alignment: positive social effects and link to social cognition	2020-08-09		.txt	text/plain	10881	515	36	In this review we will focus on the link between interpersonal motor alignment, positive social effects and social cognition in infants, children, and adolescents demonstrating that this link is present early on in development. We propose to review the development of interpersonal motor alignment appearing as synchrony, mimicry or automatic imitation, the former two being ubiquitous in daily social life. The dual role of imitation, for social learning and for establishing group cohesion is supported by studies showing that 14-month-olds are more likely to imitate communicative gestures and familiar actions performed by same-age infants, than when they are performed by older children and adults (Zmyj, Aschersleben, Prinz, & Daum, 2012) . The relevance of automatic motor system engagement during passive action observation for studying interpersonal motor alignment is further supported by studies showing that motor resonance in 14-month-old infants is enhanced in an interaction context compared to the direct copying of adults' gestures.	./cache/cord-287036-swo90ji2.txt	./txt/cord-287036-swo90ji2.txt