[MUD-Dev] New Scientist Article...

[Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, rayzam wrote:

> Actually, it's a bit more complicated and a bit less complicated
> than that :) In the exact case:
 
>   Lift a stick from the table.   -  a neuron fires.
> 
>   Watch someone life a stick from the table with the same arm motion -
>   same neuron fires.

> The activity could be getting ready to do the same action.
> Social/group/herd animals. One senses or learns about danger, and
> starts escaping. See a confederate do that, and you crank up the
> neurons that would do the same thing, so you're more prepared to do
> the same thing. Being more prepared neuronally means that you can
> start that action quicker. And that could save you from a predator,
> or other danger.

I wonder what happends, if i watch someone lift a stick from the table
and do that same action myself? What is the function of the 'mirror
neurons' with respect to being 'shared' between two different
'systems' (observing and doing?).

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