Mirror neurons, in Heyes' view, aren't evolved specifically “for” understanding, imitation, or any other purpose – rather, they're simply ordinary motor-cortex neurons that happen to take on special ...

In nature, when two animals fight, they are seldom without an audience. Pull back the camera on a pair of clashing lions and you'll see their peers looking on. Stanford Medicine researchers wanted to ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2009;5(1):24-34. Studies in which the properties of single neurons were studied in a naturalistic context have been particularly important for establishing this new view on ...

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 ...

Mirror Neurons are a cluster of cells in our brains that fire both when you take an action, but also when you see someone else take an action. These cells give us an accelerated ability to learn, and ...

After a hearty lunch at work, you and your co-workers go into a meeting. First one colleague starts to yawn, then a second and finally it's your turn. Many biological explanations have been put ...