Seeing is doing – at least it is when mirror neurons are working normally. But in autistic individuals, say researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the brain circuits that enable ...

As a psychiatrist and empath, I’ve always been intrigued by the science of empathy. Source: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay Research has shown that our brain has a specialized group of cells called mirror ...

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 ...

Christian Cotroneo is the social media editor at Treehugger. He is a founding editor at HuffPost Canada, and former writer at The Dodo and Toronto Star. Smiles are contagious. And no, that's not just ...

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 ...

When you see someone get hit in a movie and feel it in your own body, that reaction comes from your mirror neuron system.

Educational Psychology Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, Advancing Cognitive Load Theory Through Interdisciplinary Research (March 2009), pp. 21-30 (10 pages) Learning by observing and imitating others has long ...

Are there certain sounds that really drive you crazy? Beyond mere frustration or annoyance, sounds that trigger uncontrollable feelings of anger and disgust? If so then you quite possibly suffer from ...

It is wartime. You and your fellow refugees are hiding from enemy soldiers, when a baby begins to cry. You cover her mouth to block the sound. If you remove your hand, her crying will draw the ...