Considering the properties of mirror neurons (MNs) in terms of development and phylogeny,
we offer a novel, unifying, and testable account of their evolution according to the available …

Functional imaging studies suggest that accurate understanding of others' emotional
feelings (ie, empathic accuracy, EA) recruits high-order visual, sensorimotor and mentalizing …

Background Making sense of others' actions relies on the activation of an action observation
network (AON), which maps visual information about observed actions onto the observer's …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene polymorphisms may modulate
neurotransmitter efficiency, thereby influencing motor performance and motor learning …

The Met allele of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene confers reduced cortical
BDNF expression and associated neurobehavioral changes. BDNF signaling influences the …

In this paper, we propose the expression cognitive twists for cognitive mechanisms that
result from the coevolution of genes and learning. Evidence is available that at least some …

More than two decades of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the human brain
have succeeded to identify, with a growing level of precision, the neural basis of multiple …

To what extent is the mirror neuron mechanism malleable to experience? The answer to this
question can help characterising its ontogeny and its role in social cognition. Some suggest …

Analyses of action-perception matching mechanisms, such as the Mirror Neuron System
(MNS), have been prominent in evolutionary accounts of human cognition. Some scholars …

Mirror neuron research has come a long way from their discovery in primates to modern
experiments in humans. However, many methodological questions remain regarding the …