Social Neuroscience: Mirror Neurons Recorded in Humans
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New single-cell recordings show that humans do have mirror neurons, and in more brain regions than previously suspected. Some action-execution neurons were seen to be inhibited during observation, possibly preventing imitation and helping self/other discrimination.
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Observation of another person's emotional state automatically activates the same neural representation of that affective state in the observer, along with autonomic and somatic responses.
“Research in social neuroscience suggests that observation of another person's emotional state automatically activates the same neural representation of that affective state in the observer, along with autonomic and somatic responses related to them (Anders et al., 2011;Gallese and Goldman, 1998;Goldman and Sripada, 2005;Keysers and Gazzola, 2010).”
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“In the past decades, the MNS has attracted scientific attention as it has been suggested that, in addition to motor imitation, the MNS also supports social functions (Gallese and Goldman, 1998; Keysers and Gazzola, 2010; Rizzolatti et al., 2009).”
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- Authors
- Keysers, C., & Gazzola, V.
- Affiliations
- Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Keysers, Christian
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-04
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- R353-R354
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2019364251
- Cited by
- 262
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 24.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
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- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- mirror neurons, single-unit recording, action observation, imitation, self-other distinction, social neuroscience
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Hand, Humans, Motor Activity, Neurons, Visual Perception
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