Mirror neurons are a type of brain cell that is activated both when performing an action and when observing another individual perform that same action, a process thought to help an individual ...

After a decade out of the spotlight, the brain cells once alleged to explain empathy, autism and theory of mind are being refined and redefined. In the summer of 1991, the neuroscientist Vittorio ...

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers utilized a genetically encoded mirror-TRAP strategy to investigate the functional importance of aggression-mirroring neurons. Social ...

A group of brain cells in mice becomes active both when the animals fight and when they watch other mice fight, a study 1 shows. The work hints that such ‘mirror neurons’, which fire when an animal ...

Whether it’s a lioness aggressively protecting her cubs or a chimpanzee defending his territory against unfamiliar rivals, life in nature is not always peaceful. The reasons animals clash with each ...