After a decade out of the spotlight, the brain cells once alleged to explain empathy, autism and theory of mind are being refined and redefined. In the summer of 1991, the neuroscientist Vittorio ...

How Do Mirror Neurons Work? Neurons are special cells that transmit neurochemical impulses and commands within our central nervous system as well as to our muscles. We have approximately 100 billion ...

Back in the 1990s, neuroscientists at the University of Parma identified cells in the premotor cortex of monkeys that had an unusual response pattern. They were activated when the monkeys performed a ...