In academic and public life empathy is seen as a fundamental force of morality–a
psychological phenomenon, rooted in biology, with profound effects in law, policy, and …

This article argues that mirror neurons originate in sensorimotor associative learning and
therefore a new approach is needed to investigate their functions. Mirror neurons were …

Spike-timing-dependent plasticity is considered the neurophysiological basis of Hebbian
learning and has been shown to be sensitive to both contingency and contiguity between …

How we understand and respond to others' emotions (ie, empathy) may be influenced by the
regulatory processes that are used to shape which emotions we and others have (ie …

There is strong evidence that neonates imitate previously unseen behaviours. These
behaviours are predominantly used in social interactions, demonstrating neonates' ability …

Mirror neurons (MNs) are a fascinating class of cells originally discovered in the ventral
premotor cortex (PMv) and, subsequently, in the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) of the macaque …

Objective In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that both movement execution and
observation induce parallel modulations of alpha, beta, and gamma electrocorticographic …

Organisms have evolved to trade priorities across various needs, such as growth, survival,
and reproduction. In naturally complex environments this incurs high computational costs …

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Mirror neurons for manipulation fire both when the animal manipulates an object in a
specific way and when it sees another animal (or the experimenter) perform an action that is …