The mirror mechanism is a basic brain mechanism that transforms sensory representations of others' behaviour into one's own motor or visceromotor representations concerning that behaviour. According to its location in the brain, it may fulfil a range of cognitive functions, including action and emotion understanding. In each case, it may enable a route to knowledge of others' behaviour, which mainly depends on one's own motor or visceromotor representations.

The mirror mechanism : a basic principle of brain function / G. Rizzolatti, C. Sinigaglia. - In: NATURE REVIEWS. NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 1471-003X. - 17:12(2016 Dec), pp. 757-765. [10.1038/nrn.2016.135]

The mirror mechanism : a basic principle of brain function

C. Sinigaglia
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2016

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The mirror mechanism is a basic brain mechanism that transforms sensory representations of others' behaviour into one's own motor or visceromotor representations concerning that behaviour. According to its location in the brain, it may fulfil a range of cognitive functions, including action and emotion understanding. In each case, it may enable a route to knowledge of others' behaviour, which mainly depends on one's own motor or visceromotor representations.
Animals; Brain; Brain Mapping; Cognition; Emotions; Humans; Mirror Neurons; Nerve Net; Psychomotor Performance; Neuroscience (all)
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