In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers utilized a genetically encoded mirror-TRAP strategy to investigate the functional importance of aggression-mirroring neurons. Social ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2009;5(1):24-34. Studies in which the properties of single neurons were studied in a naturalistic context have been particularly important for establishing this new view on ...

Mirror neurons are brain cells that allow us to empathize with others. They are key to human interaction and social skills. UCLA neuroscientists, using brain scanning technology, have discovered that ...

Dear Doctors: I am a junior in college. I enjoy being around people, so I live in the dorms. Last year, my roommate was depressed, and I also got to feeling down. This year, the girl I live with is ...

Children learn extensively from observing their parents' actions, mirroring their behaviors and emotional responses due to mirror neurons. Parents' consistent actions, whether positive or negative, ...

Yawning is very common in humans. It is usually associated with sleep, tiredness or boredom. However, there is much more to ...

For 20 minutes Andrea McColl, a research assistant at the University of Southern California, has been repeating the same string of nonsense syllables, changing her intonation on cue. When a smiling ...

Mirror neurons are one of the most important discoveries in modern neuroscience, first identified in the 1990s. These remarkable brain cells fire both when we perform an action and when we observe ...

Mirror neurons are a type of brain cell that is activated both when performing an action and when observing another individual perform that same action, a process thought to help an individual ...