A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another. Thus, the neuron "mirrors"...
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V. S. Ramachandran (section Mirror neurons)
that the evidence for mirror-neuron dysfunction in autism is "compelling but not conclusive." The contention that mirror neurons play a role in autism...
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Nervous system (section Mirror neurons)
A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another. Thus, the neuron "mirrors"...
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locally oriented and perceptual operations in autistic individuals. The mirror neuron system (MNS) theory hypothesizes that alterations to the development...
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Hebbian theory (redirect from Neurons that fire together wire together)
plasticity have been used in an influential theory of how mirror neurons emerge. Mirror neurons are neurons that fire both when an individual performs an action...
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Mu wave (section Mirror neurons)
Ramachandran and colleagues have suggested that this is a sign that the mirror neuron system is involved in mu rhythm suppression, although others disagree...
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diminished activity in the mirror neuron system), and MPI predominantly affecting young girls, who appear to have a more sensitive mirror system. The earliest...
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Imitation (section Mirror neuron system)
discovering a mirror neuron system. This neuron system allows a person to observe and then recreate the actions of others. Mirror neurons are premotor...
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Self-awareness (section Mirror neurons)
biologically programmed to be self-aware. V.S. Ramachandran speculates that mirror neurons may provide the neurological basis of human self-awareness. In an essay...
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Animal consciousness (section Mirror neurons)
Mirror Neuron System: Their Evolutionary Functions Beyond Motor Representation". In Pineda, J.A. (ed.). Mirror Neuron Systems: The Role of Mirroring Processes...
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