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Reflecting on Behavior: Giacomo Rizzolatti Gives a Tour of the Mirror Mechanism
In his keynote address at the APS 23rd Annual Convention, Giacomo Rizzolatti of the Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy, gave a brief history of the mirror mechanism. In general terms, the neurons that form
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Reflections on Mirror Neurons
In 1992, a team at the University of Parma, Italy discovered what have been termed “mirror neurons” in macaque monkeys: cells that fire both when the monkey took an action (like holding a banana) and
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Neglected Mirror-Like Behavior: Contagious Yawning and Laughing
To the Editor: The Observer (May 2007) article “Mirror Neurons” conveys appropriate enthusiasm about a neurological mechanism that may provide insights into a variety of cognitive and social processes, from imitation to empathy. Missing from
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Mirror Neurons: How We Reflect on Behavior
In the mid-1990s, scientists at the University of Parma, in Italy, made a discovery so novel that it shifted the way psychologists discuss the brain. After researchers implanted electrodes into the heads of monkeys, they
