Mirror Neuron Systems The Role of Mirroring Processes in Social Cognition /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pineda, Jaime A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Contemporary Neuroscience
• Subjects: Psychology.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Neurobiology.; Neuropsychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

The discovery of mirror neurons and of a mirror neuron system in the human brain raises the interesting possibility that "mirroring" may constitute novel instances of mental simulation. It also provides the basis for unique processes such as "mindreading," the ability to make inf...