Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Cells That Read Minds - New York Times

A fascinating discussion of the intersection of cultural interaction and neuroscience..highly recommended...

Cells That Read Minds - New York Times: "MONKEY SEE When a monkey watches a researcher bring an object—an ice cream cone, for example— to his mouth, the same brain neurons fire as when the monkey brings a peanut to its own mouth. In the early 1990's, Italian researchers discovered this phenomenon and named the cells 'mirror neurons.' "

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