Mirror Neurons Giacomo Rizzolatti, 1995 • Monkey • Grasping • F 5 – (in premotor cortex, related to speech area) 2
Mirror Neurons Marco Iacoboni, 2000 It is active both when the monkey observes another monkey or a human grasping or manipulating objects and when the monkey performs the same manipulation 3
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Mirror Neurons Decety, 2002 similar system in humans involving predominantly Brodmann’s areas 44 and 45 (Broca’s areas), 40 (parietal lobe), and 21 (superior temporal sulcus). imitation learning 5
Mirror Neurons Fadiga, 1995 - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) of the motor area, in which stimulation provoked muscle activity in the fingers - Fadiga et al. concluded that “in humans there is a neural system matching action observation and action execution” 6