Tag: visual cortex
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The Imitation Brain: Three Ways to Make the Most of Mirror Neurons
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Is it possible that imitation is also the pathway to learning? In the late 1990s and early 2000s, scientists at the University of Parma published a series of studies singling out neurons that respond both when accomplishing a certain action and also when observing others accomplishing a certain…