Re: Mirror neurons at autopsy (Was: [TCS] What is empathy)

Alan Forrester <alanmichaelforrester-gM/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.science.physics.fabric-of-reality
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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.
> 
> 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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