Relating the "mirrorness" of mirror neurons to their origins.
Ever since their discovery, mirror neurons have generated much interest and debate. A commonly held view of mirror neuron function is that they transform "visual information into knowledge," thus enabling action understanding and non-verbal social communication between con-specifics (Rizzolatti & Craighero 2004). This functionality is thought to be so important that it has been argued that mirror neurons must be a result of selective pressure.
Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom. j.kilner@ucl.ac.uk http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/departments/sobell.
James M
JM
Kilner
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom. k.friston@ucl.ac.uk http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/
Karl J
KJ
Friston
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