title: Authors’ response: mirror neurons: tests and testability.
abstract: Commentators have tended to focus on the conceptual framework of our article, the contrast between genetic and associative accounts of mirror neurons, and to challenge it with additional possibilities rather than empirical data. This makes the empirically focused comments especially valuable. The mirror neuron debate is replete with ideas; what it needs now are system-level theories and careful experiments – tests and testability.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catmur
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Press
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heyes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D059167:Mirror Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012938:Social Perception