The Influence Of Mirror Neurons
Mirror Neurons are neurons that fires both when an action is being done by a person, animal, or thing and when the person or animal observes the same action performed by someone or something else. These neurons have been observed in primates. They act and “mirrors” the behavior of the other, as though the observer were doing the acting. Mirror neurons are considered to do many different things; it is said that they may be helpful for creating social understanding, giving us empathy as well as many other skills. Mirror neurons play a significant role in how we empathize with another person joy as well as their pain. For example, a funeral or a wedding, many people may sympathize with the family and feel what they feel at that point in time.
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(Current Biology, 2010) A study published in April 2010 reports recordings from single neurons with mirroring properties in the human brain. It was recorded from the brains of 21 patients who were being treated at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for intractable epilepsy. The patients had been implanted with intracranial depth electrodes to identify where seizures originate from for potential surgical treatment. Electrode location was based solely on clinical criteria, the researchers, with the patients consent, used the same electrodes to “speed up" their research. The researchers found a small number of neurons that fired or showed their greatest activity both when the individual performed a task and when they observed work. Other neurons had anti-mirror properties, that is, they responded when the participant performed an action but was inhibited when the member saw that action. Another study has suggested that human beings don't necessarily have more mirror neurons than monkeys, but instead that there is a core set of mirror neurons used in action observation and execution. However, functions of mirror neurons the mirror system may have the ability to recruit other areas of the brain when doing its auditory, somatosensory, and affective
(Current Biology, 2010) A study published in April 2010 reports recordings from single neurons with mirroring properties in the human brain. It was recorded from the brains of 21 patients who were being treated at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for intractable epilepsy. The patients had been implanted with intracranial depth electrodes to identify where seizures originate from for potential surgical treatment. Electrode location was based solely on clinical criteria, the researchers, with the patients consent, used the same electrodes to “speed up" their research. The researchers found a small number of neurons that fired or showed their greatest activity both when the individual performed a task and when they observed work. Other neurons had anti-mirror properties, that is, they responded when the participant performed an action but was inhibited when the member saw that action. Another study has suggested that human beings don't necessarily have more mirror neurons than monkeys, but instead that there is a core set of mirror neurons used in action observation and execution. However, functions of mirror neurons the mirror system may have the ability to recruit other areas of the brain when doing its auditory, somatosensory, and affective