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The emergence of mirror-like response properties from domain-general principles in vision and audition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

Ayse P. Saygin  and
Frederic Dick
Ayse P. Saygin
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0515. saygin@cogsci.ucsd.eduhttp://www.sayginlab.org
Frederic Dick
Affiliation:
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom. f.dick@bbk.ac.ukhttp://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/our-research/labs/alphalab
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Abstract

Like Cook et al., we suggest that mirror neurons are a fascinating product of cross-modal learning. As predicted by an associative account, responses in motor regions are observed for novel and/or abstract visual stimuli such as point-light and android movements. Domain-specific mirror responses also emerge as a function of audiomotor expertise that is slowly acquired over years of intensive training.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 219
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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