061: Empathy as a Design Superpower with Jason Ogle
User Defenders – UX Design & Personal Growth
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Mirror Neurons: A Tribal Creature
Bernay Brown: Mirror neurons were discovered by, in the early 90s, by an Italian scientist. He placed electrodes on monkey's brains and allowed another monkey to peel and open and eat a banana in front of that monkey with the electrodes. The monkey who did not have the banana had parts of his brain light up as if he was peeling and eating the banana. This is mirror neuron at work. They're actually feeling what the other is feeling. And there's another experiment with the mirror neurons that it's really fascinating too. It's known as the still face experiment. We started studying 34 years ago when people didn't think that infants could engage in social interaction. But check out
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