Neurons that fire when an animal acts or observes the same action of another thus coding the motor response. They were originally discovered in the premotor and parietal cortex of the monkey and studies have shown that neurons that have a similar mechanism are present in humans. Mirror neurons are theorized to be related to social cognition.
    

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The myth of mirror neurons : the real neuroscience of communication and cognition / Gregory Hickok, PhD.

The life scientific : 6/8 [Sophie Scott].

How the brain got language : the mirror system hypothesis / Michael A. Arbib.

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The myth of mirror neurons : the real neuroscience of communication and cognition / Gregory Hickok, PhD.

The life scientific : 6/8 [Sophie Scott].

How the brain got language : the mirror system hypothesis / Michael A. Arbib.