The Brain Cells That Can Read People's Minds | Random Thursday

Mirror Neurons are a cluster of cells in our brains that fire both when you take an action, but also when you see someone else take an action. These cells give us an accelerated ability to learn, and may play a part in empathy.

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TEDx Talk about empathy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Th0aOoX4EM

Breakdown of the mirror neuron system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY1HAJGpyVw

Sci Show on mirror neurons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGYKcqzG_7M

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-mirror-neuron-revolut/

http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/mirror-neurons-quarter-century-new-light-new-cracks/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/21855076_Understanding_motor_events_A_neurophysiological_study

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929312000837