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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 Just over 20 years ago, an Italian team reported findings on macaques showing the existence of a “surprising new class” of neurons in a particular region of the premotor cortex of the macaque brain (1). These neurons were active not only when the macaque performed an action—like grabbing an object—but also when the macaque watched the same action being
Bläsing, Bettina +3 more
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Mirror neurons precede non-mirror neurons during action execution [PDF]
Journal of Neurophysiology, 2019 Mirror neurons are thought to represent an individual’s ability to understand the actions of others by discharging as one individual performs or observes another individual performing an action. Studies typically have focused on mirror neuron activity during action observation, examining activity during action execution primarily to validate mirror ...
Kevin A. Mazurek, Marc H. Schieber
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Corticospinal mirror neurons [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014 Here, we report the properties of neurons with mirror-like characteristics that were identified as pyramidal tract neurons (PTNs) and recorded in the ventral premotor cortex (area F5) and primary motor cortex (M1) of three macaque monkeys. We analysed the neurons’ discharge while the monkeys performed active grasp of either food or an object, and also ...
Kraskov, A. +5 more
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Tinbergen on mirror neurons [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014 Fifty years ago, Niko Tinbergen defined the scope of behavioural biology with his four problems: causation, ontogeny, survival value and evolution. About 20 years ago, there was another highly significant development in behavioural biology—the discovery of mirror neurons (MNs).
Heyes C.
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The Mirror Neuron System [PDF]
Archives of Neurology, 2004 ▪ Abstract A category of stimuli of great importance for primates, humans in particular, is that formed by actions done by other individuals. If we want to survive, we must understand the actions of others. Furthermore, without action understanding, social organization is impossible.
RIZZOLATTI G, CRAIGHERO, Laila
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Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2011 s, 297, 13. Ferrari, P.F., Visalberghi, E., Paukner, A., Fogassi, L., Ruggiero, A., & Suomi, S.J. (2006). Neonatal imitation in rhesus macaques. PLoS Biology, 4(9), e302. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040302 Field, T., Field, T., Sanders, C., & Nadel, J. (2001). Children with autism display more social behaviors after repeated imitation sessions. Autism, 5,
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Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2007 Byline: V. Rajmohan, E. Mohandas Mirror neuron system is a group of specialized neurons that "mirrors" the actions and behaviour of others. The involvement of mirror neuron system (MNS) is implicated in neurocognitive functions (social cognition, language, empathy, theory of mind) and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Rajmohan, V., Mohandas, E.
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(Mis)understanding mirror neurons [PDF]
Current Biology, 2010 SummaryIt is hard to imagine a class of neurons that has generated more excitement than mirror neurons, cells discovered by Rizzolatti and colleagues [1] in macaque area F5 that fire both during action execution and action observation. We suggest, however, that the interpretation of mirror neurons as supporting action understanding was a wrong turn at ...
Hickok, Gregory, Hauser, Marc
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What do mirror neurons mirror? [PDF]
Philosophical Psychology, 2011 Single cell recordings in monkeys provide strong evidence for an important role of the motor system in action understanding. This evidence is backed up by data from studies of the (human) mirror neuron system using neuroimaging or TMS techniques, and behavioral experiments. Although the data acquired from single cell recordings are generally considered
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NeuroImage, 2010 Mirror neurons have been hailed as the key to understanding social cognition. I argue that three currents of thought-relating to evolution, atomism and telepathy-have magnified the perceived importance of mirror neurons. When they are understood to be a product of associative learning, rather than an adaptation for social cognition, mirror neurons are ...
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