Mesmerising mirror neurons.
Mirror neurons have been hailed as the key to understanding social cognition. I argue that three currents of thought-relating to evolution, atomism and telepathy-have magnified the perceived importance of mirror neurons. When they are understood to be a product of associative learning, rather than a...
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2010
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| author | Heyes, C |
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| description | Mirror neurons have been hailed as the key to understanding social cognition. I argue that three currents of thought-relating to evolution, atomism and telepathy-have magnified the perceived importance of mirror neurons. When they are understood to be a product of associative learning, rather than an adaptation for social cognition, mirror neurons are no longer mesmerising, but they continue to raise important questions about both the psychology of science and the neural bases of social cognition. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:96c9cfbc-2517-48a4-8372-c8888df1c0062022-03-26T23:55:17ZMesmerising mirror neurons.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:96c9cfbc-2517-48a4-8372-c8888df1c006EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Heyes, CMirror neurons have been hailed as the key to understanding social cognition. I argue that three currents of thought-relating to evolution, atomism and telepathy-have magnified the perceived importance of mirror neurons. When they are understood to be a product of associative learning, rather than an adaptation for social cognition, mirror neurons are no longer mesmerising, but they continue to raise important questions about both the psychology of science and the neural bases of social cognition. |
| spellingShingle | Heyes, C Mesmerising mirror neurons. |
| title | Mesmerising mirror neurons. |
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| title_short | Mesmerising mirror neurons. |
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