COGS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mirror Neuron, Daniel J. Siegel, Premotor Cortex
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We read each other"s minds through emotion, memories, interpretation. Example: monkey a is eating an apple, thus areas of the brain are being used. Premotor cortex is just inferior to motor cortex, planning the movement. Monkey b is looking at monkey a eating the apple, its pre motor cortex has the same activity as eating an apple just by observing monkey b. When we observe someone performing an action that we have experienced, are brains simulate that action. Parkinson"s patients who had trouble performing actions also had trouble understanding associated action words. Mirror neurons are used to learn new actions through watching others perform those actions. The new rhythm only suppresses when they are doing the action, or a person who is very close. Is autism a mirror neuron problem? to the autistic individual. Autism has brain connectivity and size differences, also the cerebellar has abnormalities. Sally anne - theory of mind test.
