Mirror neurons
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Name (Hebrew)
נוירוני מראה
Name (Latin)
Mirror neurons
Name (Arabic)
الخلايا العصبية المرآتية
See Also From tracing topical name
Neurons
MARC
MARC
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Wikidata:
Q309082
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sh2006009040
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2006047978: On being moved, c2007.
- Wikipedia online, Dec. 22, 2006("a mirror neuron is a neuron which fires both when an animal performs an action and when the animal observes the same action by another (especially conspecific) animal ... in humans they have been found in premotor cortex and the inferior parietal cortex of the brain")
- New York Times online, Jan. 10, 2006, viewed Dec. 28, 2006("The monkey brain contains a special class of cells, called mirror neurons, that fire when the animal sees or hears an action and when the animal carries out the same action on its own [...] The human brain has multiple mirror neuron systems that specialize in carrying out and understanding not just the actions of others but their intentions, the social meaning of their behavior and their emotions.")