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Intentional Attunement: Mirror Neurons and the Neural Underpinnings of Interpersonal Relations

Gallese, Vittorio, Eagle, Morris N., Migone, Paolo·2007·Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
DOI 10.1177/00030651070550010601
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The neural circuits activated in a person carrying out actions, expressing emotions, and experiencing sensations are activated also, automatically via a mirror neuron system, in the observer of those actions, emotions, and sensations. It is proposed that this finding of shared activation suggests a functional mechanism of “embodied simulation” that consists of the automatic, unconscious, and noninferential simulation in the observer of actions, emotions, and sensations carried out and experienced by the observed. It is proposed also that the shared neural activation pattern and the accompanying embodied simulation constitute a fundamental biological basis for understanding another's mind. The implications of this perspective for psychoanalysis are discussed, particularly regarding unconscious communication, projective identification, attunement, empathy, autism, therapeutic action, and transference-countertransference interactions.

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Authors
Gallese, V., Eagle, M. N., & Migone, P.
Affiliations
  • Department of Neuroscience University of Parma Via Volturno, 39 43100 Parma ITALY,
  • Adelphi University (US)
  • University of Parma (IT)
Corresponding author
  • Eagle, Morris N.
  • Migone, Paolo
ORCID
Venue
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2007-03
Volume
55
Issue
1
Pages
131-175
ISSN
  • 0003-0651 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-2460
DOI
10.1177/00030651070550010601
OpenAlex
W2114224919
Cited by
496
References
172
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 53 · 2013: 32 · 2012: 53
FWCI
41.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
Keywords
mirror neurons, mirror neuron system, embodied simulation, interpersonal relationships, attunement, empathy, projective identification, unconscious communication, autism spectrum disorder, transference-countertransference, psychoanalytic theory
MeSH terms
Affect, Animals, Haplorhini, Behavior, Animal, Communication, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Nerve Net, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Sensation, Transference, Psychology, Unconscious, Psychology, Visual Perception, Evoked Potentials, Motor, Intention

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