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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Mirror Neuron"”.
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Effects of sensorimotor learning on the human mirror neuron system
The discovery, in the monkey, of “mirror” neurons, which fire in response both to the performance and to the observation of specific actions, has prompted extensive research into their properties, and into the possible functions of a putative mirror neuron system in humans. Little is known, …
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The Impact of Early Comprehensive Intervention on the Mirror Neuron System in Autism Spectrum Disorders
The mirror neuron system (MNS) has attracted significant interest within the scientific and lay communities. The study of mirror neurons has a relatively short but rich history. The MNS has been implicated in a series of cognitive functions including action recognition, imitation, empathy, and …
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Emotions and the Mirror Neuron System: How far can sensorimotor simulation differentiate between dynamic emotional facial expressions?
The human mirror neuron system (MNS) is becoming increasingly important to our understanding of empathy via simulation mechanisms. Despite the MNS’s growing associations with emotion processing, there are gaps in research that have yet to be explored, particularly when using sensorimotor …
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Transcranial alternating current stimulation to areas associated with the human mirror neuron system reveals modulation to mu-suppression and corresponding behaviour
… of EEG mu (μ) suppression as an index of human mirror neuron system (hMNS) related activity. The hMNS is characterized by neuronal activity that responds to both action observation and execution of the same movement. This activity has been directly observed in both macaque monkeys and in humans. …
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Through a Mirror Darkly: Shedding Light on Individual Differences in the Neural Correlates of Empathy
… studies to gain a better understanding of mirror neuron activity as a putative index of empathy and its relationship with self-report measures of empathy. In the first study we built upon the existing literature by exposing participants to two EEG protocols. Findings demonstrated a more …
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From Biological Impulse to Analyzed Product: An Exploration of the Choreographic Process
… instinctive responses to movement, mediated via mirror neuron activation during the beginning stages of process, to the application of movement and choreographic theory before and after performance of the final work. Through the exploration of scientific information, theoretical discussion, and …
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Somatosensory Involvement in the Conceptual Representation of Objects
… research. Since the discovery of the mirror neuron system, a plethora of research has been dedicated to understanding how action influences cognition. Of particular interest to the current work is the way in which two-dimensional objects are represented in the human brain. Embodied …
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The Neural Dynamics of Action Representation for Sound: An investigation of musical training effects on mu suppression
… associations, these mappings rely on activity in mirror neuron systems (involved generally in imitating and learning actions). It has also been suggested that these systems are heavily dependent on actual sensorimotor experience; however others suggest that humans naturally move to music and …
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Motor Resonance meets Motor Performance: Neurocognitive investigations with transcranial magnetic stimulation
The classical mirror neuron theory of action understanding asserts that when we observe an action, the representations that are engaged for performing it, are automatically activated. In order to do gain information about the role of the simulation in action understanding a state dependent TMS …
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Cover Your Eyes: Considering Empathetic Response in Reviewing Visual Art Conveying Trauma
… into account recent neurological research into Mirror Neuron Systems (MNS) in the brain, sociological studies on empathy in relation to trauma and pain, and psychological theories, specifically abject theory as explained by French feminist theorist Julia Kristeva, to synthesize a holistic …
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Accessible theatre: the application of human ethology and innate neurobiological systems to full-masked devised theatre practice
… systems and structures, in particular the mirror neuron system, the pleasure-reward system, and pattern recognition systems, in the communication and reception of performance meaning (McConachie, 2008). The research is framed by the concept of a universal theatrical language proposed by …
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Beyond the feeding relationship: mothers' descriptions of interaction within the mother-child dyad
… behaviour and security strategies, and The Mirror Neuron Theory which describes mechanisms of imitation and the development of empathy. Factors which enhanced mother-child interaction are discussed within the context of a changing society. The findings suggest the potential value of …
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Mirror Neurons are Modulated by Reward Expectation and Grip Force in the Sensorimotor Cortices (S1, M1, PMd, PMv)
Mirror Neurons (MN) respond similarly when primates make, or observe, grasping movements. Recent work indicates that reward expectation influences M1 during manual, observational, and Brain Machine Interface (BMI) reaching movements. Previous work showed MN are modulated by subjective value. Here …
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Three problems of folk psychology: meaning, character, and domain
… of much interest in the current literature: what mirror neurons can tell us about how mindreading works. Some simulationists argue that mirror neurons provide a neurological ground for simulationist accounts, lending them empirical support. But to assess this claim, one must first understand what …