Greg Hickock, “Beyond Mirror Neurons” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Neuroscience
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Is Mirnerons Supporting Imitation?
No one seems to believe that mirinerons, at least in makax have anything to do with imitation. So the usual story is that what happened is that murinerons and mecax evolved to support imitation. But then you have to wonder, what exactly evolved when you've got the mechanism built in? And then the question as well, is it really the murineron mechanism that evolved? Or is it the cognitive capacity to put it to use for whatever higher behaviours you're nterested in doing, like language? You are, right? It doesn't nomen that. Thasa w well, talk about mechanisms iera later on. But that's the o
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