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Mirror neurons are a very cool part of our brains but some people are taking it way further by making claims that they are responsible for telepathy and ESP. It goes without saying that this isn’t true, but what exactly do mirror neurons really do?
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psychologytoday.com/us/blog/debunking-myths-the-mind/201804/the-biology-telepathy
echonyc.com/~horn/unbelievable/?p=953
scientificamerican.com/article/mirroring-behavior
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sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982216311927
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF00230027.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21335939
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f021/aaa603c53818de888dabfdd7b06623a76adf.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697316
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15217330
cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.dartmouth.edu/dist/4/26/files/2012/09/Cross-2009-EJN.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971903
psyarxiv.com/6bu4p
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https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/do_mirror_neurons_give_empathy
Image Sources:
istockphoto.com/vector/neuron-diagram-gm531825569-55734712
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Superior_temporal_gyrus_lateral.png
Mirror neurons are a very cool part of our brains but some people are taking it way further by making claims that they are responsible for telepathy and ESP. It goes without saying that this isn’t true, but what exactly do mirror neurons really do?
Hosted by: Hank Green
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Sources:
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/debunking-myths-the-mind/201804/the-biology-telepathy
echonyc.com/~horn/unbelievable/?p=953
scientificamerican.com/article/mirroring-behavior
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF00230027.pdf
https://www.cin.ucsf.edu/~sabes/SensorimotorCortex/PMv.htm
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982216311927
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF00230027.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21335939
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f021/aaa603c53818de888dabfdd7b06623a76adf.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697316
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15217330
cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.dartmouth.edu/dist/4/26/files/2012/09/Cross-2009-EJN.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971903
psyarxiv.com/6bu4p
http://nautil.us/blog/mirror-neurons-are-essential-but-not-in-the-way-you-think
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/do_mirror_neurons_give_empathy
Image Sources:
istockphoto.com/vector/neuron-diagram-gm531825569-55734712
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Superior_temporal_gyrus_lateral.png
