sp atial - specific ). ▁Results ▁showed ▁that ▁children ' s ▁cogn itive ▁im itation ▁performance ▁did ▁not ▁predict ▁their ▁motor - sp atial ▁im itation ▁learning , ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a . ▁ ▁Import antly , ▁while ▁age ▁predicted ▁improved ▁cogn itive ▁and ▁motor - sp atial ▁im itation ▁performance , ▁children ' s ▁ability ▁to ▁individually ▁learn ▁each ▁type ▁of ▁rule ▁via ▁trial ▁and ▁error ▁did ▁not ▁predict ▁their ▁ability ▁to ▁im itate ▁those ▁same ▁rules . ▁ ▁Sub ia ul ▁and ▁colle agues ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁these ▁results ▁are ▁consistent ▁with ▁the ▁hypothesis ▁that ▁im itation ▁learning ▁is ▁domain - specific , ▁not ▁domain - general . ▁A ▁critical ▁cave at ▁may ▁be ▁that ▁the ▁im itation ▁of ▁NO V EL ▁rules ▁and ▁responses ▁is ▁domain - specific ▁while ▁the ▁im itation ▁of ▁F AM I LI AR ▁responses ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁medi ated ▁by ▁domain - general , ▁non - special ized ▁mechan isms , ▁as ▁He yes ▁and ▁others ▁have ▁argued . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Im itation ▁M im ic ▁oct opus ▁Mod elling ▁( ps ych ology ) ▁Mon key ▁see , ▁mon key ▁do ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Sub ia ul , ▁F ., ▁Cant lon , ▁J ., ▁H ollow ay , ▁R . ▁L ., ▁Terra ce , ▁H . ▁S . ▁( 2 0 0 4 ). ▁C ogn itive ▁Im itation ▁in ▁Rh es us ▁Mac a ques . ▁Science , ▁ 3 0 5 ▁( 5 6 8 2