the mirror neuron Flashcards
(22 cards)
who discovered MN
Rizzolatti
how MN were discovered
monkey, electrodes, studuying command neurons,lunch, researcher pilling bannana, monkey’s neuron firing and signalling the performance of the action
another guy in all of that
Ramashandran
what did Ramashandran said
mirror neurons underlying empathy
doing action, observing actions = same neurons
5 areas where MN are usefull
5x
Immitation
Language
ASD
Understanding the intention
persepective taking and ToM
imitation
encodes behaviour of other, as if you are performing it, acquesition of skills,
Understanding the interntion
by two ppl
Gallese and Goldman
Understanding the interntion
Mn RESPOND NOT ONLY TO ACTION, but to the intention, we interpret som’s intention based on out memory, understzading what is the cognition behaind this behaviour,
it is key to social cognition
who supported Understanding the interntion
Icoboni
increased actibity in Inferior Frontal lobe = understanding why
language
helps to develop language,
through imitation of speech sounds
MN in Brocas area
perspective taking
ToM
firing MN, provide a neural experience of others actions intentions,
developinf ToM and PT
asd
Broken mirror - theory
neurological deficit and disfunction of MN
asd children mimic parents less,
not developning MN, resulting in dificulty in Social Communications
dont develop intention reading and emotion recognition
top 1
gender dif
point 1
gd
females: more MN
Cheung: eeg, moving dot, and moving hand
hand = MN activity,
Same performance, nut females = stronger,
tail 1
gd
mn linked to how well we process social info
top 1
mn abnormalities underline why asd ppl struggle to cope eith social situations
point 2
Dapretto: non asd, asd, pictures of faces with emotions
measure activity
less active inferior frontal lobem- understanding why
tail 2
supporting evidence
that MN is linked to social deficit
double 2
can hep asd ppl by strenghtening mn, through activitites that require imitations
top 3
exageration of their importance
point 3
Churchland: report of the action to higher neural leve, which then extablishes the intention,
heyes: MN are the outcomes of associative learning, not evoutionarry adoptation,
tail 3
not innate, but learned through experinece
nature nurture
+ asd?
