We used a fully automated procedure, involving computer-controlled presentation of action images and computer-recorded behaviour, for the first time to study imitation in nonhuman animals.
One group of budgerigars was rewarded for imitating pecking and stepping, and another group for counter-imitation; for pecking when they saw stepping, and for stepping when they saw pecking.
The second group consistently obtained fewer rewards than the compatible group, indicating that, like humans, budgerigars are subject to 'automatic imitation'; they can't stop themselves from imitating observed body movements, even when this behaviour interferes with their performance of the task at hand.
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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