(This video is no longer available for streaming.) Why do sports fans feel so emotionally invested in the game, reacting almost as if they were part of the game themselves? According to provocative ...

Mirror neurons were discovered at the Università degli Studi di Parma in the 1990s, and first described as nerve cells in the frontal and premotor cortex of macaques that fire both when the monkey ...

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 a cluster of cells in our brains that fire both when you take an action, but also when you see someone else take an action. These cells give us an accelerated ability to learn, and ...

Q: 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 cheerful, and ...

I love listening to music and watching dance. Although I enjoy these artistic performances, I am not an accomplished musician or even a competent dancer. Not surprisingly when expert musicians and ...

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 ...