title: Mirror neurons are central for a second-person neuroscience: insights from developmental studies.
abstract: Based on mirror neurons' properties, viewers are emotionally engaged when observing others - even when not actively interacting; therefore, characterizing non-participatory action-viewing as isolated may be misleading. Instead, we propose a continuum of socio-emotional engagement. We also highlight recent developmental work that uses a second-person perspective, investigating behavioral, physiological, and neural activity during caregiver-infant interactions.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy. simpsonea@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Elizabeth Ann
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Pier Francesco
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D059167:Mirror Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012938:Social Perception; D056345:Theory of Mind / Q000502:physiology*