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Mirrors in the Mind
1)
Explain what neuroscientists and psychologists believed a decade ago.
2)
What is surprising about neurons? Why are they named mirror neurons?
3)
What do mirror neurons appear to encode?
4)
How were mirror neurons discovered? Provide an example.
5)
Explain page 57 in your own words.
6)
Explain Iacoboni’s study and graph on page 58.
7)
Identify specific regions of the brain where mirror neurons are found. What did the
results show?
8)
What does this research strongly suggest?
9)
What does dysfunction in this mirroring system suggest?
10)
What do scientists not know concerning the mirror neuron system?
Mirrors in the Mind
1)
Explain what neuroscientists and psychologists believed a decade ago.
2)
What is surprising about neurons? Why are they named mirror neurons?
3)
What do mirror neurons appear to encode?
4)
How were mirror neurons discovered? Provide an example.
5)
Explain page 57 in your own words.
6)
Explain Iacoboni’s study and graph on page 58.
7)
Identify specific regions of the brain where mirror neurons are found. What did the
results show?
8)
What does this research strongly suggest?
9)
What does dysfunction in this mirroring system suggest?
10)
What do scientists not know concerning the mirror neuron system?
Mirrors in the Mind
1)
Explain what neuroscientists and psychologists believed a decade ago.
2)
What is surprising about neurons? Why are they named mirror neurons?
3)
What do mirror neurons appear to encode?
4)
How were mirror neurons discovered? Provide an example.
5)
Explain page 57 in your own words.
6)
Explain Iacoboni’s study and graph on page 58.
7)
Identify specific regions of the brain where mirror neurons are found. What did the
results show?
8)
What does this research strongly suggest?
9)
What does dysfunction in this mirroring system suggest?
10)
What do scientists not know concerning the mirror neuron system?