Re: Mirror neurons at autopsy (Was: [TCS] What is empathy)
Alan Forrester <alanmichaelforrester-gM/[email protected]>
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On 17 Dec 2012, at 22:34, David Deutsch wrote:
>> All the versions of the mirror neuron idea are mistaken, not just one particular one.
>
> Is this idea a "version of the mirror neuron idea"?: The brains of some animals contain neurons which fire both when the animal observes certain behaviours and when it enacts those behaviours.
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> And if not, is this?: Such neurons are part of a system for computing the translation function described above.
Do you think mirror neurons are a good explanation and if so why?
Alan
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