Imitation, empathy, and mirror neurons

Iacoboni, M. (2009). Imitation, empathy, and mirror neurons. 653-670.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2009

Link

https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163604matched

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psychology

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

Primes

• Observational Learning (Social Learning)
  • … suggested a neural substrate for automatic imitation — that observing an action activates the observer's motor circuits as though executing the action — leading to hypotheses that mirror-neuron dysfunction underlies autism-spectrum conditions and that mirror neurons are the neural basis for observational learning.

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