The role of the mirror mechanism in cognition remains an intriguing and hotly debated topic in cognitive neuroscience. Since its discovery in the monkey and human brain, many have claimed that the mirror mechanism is critically involved in understanding action. But what does understand mean here? What kind of action understanding, if any, can be ascribed to the mirror mechanism? The aim of the paper is to face these questions by providing a refined notion of both action and action understanding.
What type of action understanding is subserved by mirror neurons? / C. Sinigaglia. - In: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. - ISSN 0304-3940. - 540(2013 Apr 12), pp. 59-61. [10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.016]
What type of action understanding is subserved by mirror neurons?
C. SinigagliaPrimo
2013
Abstract
The role of the mirror mechanism in cognition remains an intriguing and hotly debated topic in cognitive neuroscience. Since its discovery in the monkey and human brain, many have claimed that the mirror mechanism is critically involved in understanding action. But what does understand mean here? What kind of action understanding, if any, can be ascribed to the mirror mechanism? The aim of the paper is to face these questions by providing a refined notion of both action and action understanding.
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