Mirrors in action: investigating the functional organization of the rhesus monkey motor and mirror system using fMRI KU Leuven
One of the most intriguing stories to emerge in cognitive neurosciences over the past few decades has been the discovery of the mirror neurons in the monkey brain. These neurons respond not only when a monkey performs a particular motor act, but also when it observes another individual performing a similar motor act. A similar mirror system appears to exist in the human brain as well, and it has been speculated that this system mediates a ...