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2007
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Journal Article
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mirror neurons, cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, Gestalt psychology, Gestalt theory, isomorphism hypothesis
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Psychology
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http://gestalttheory.net/gth/
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English
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103-433-373
(Last edited on
2008/01/08 05:56:50 US/Mountain)
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ABSTRACT:
Recent work in cognitive neuroscience reveals that, when one observes another person
performing some action, neurons fire in one’s own motor cortex that are the very same neurons
that would fire if one were also performing the observed action; these have been dubbed
“mirror neurons”. The principle of external or interpersonal isomorphism, formulated by the
Gestalt psychologists, Köhler and Koffka, during the 1920’s through to the 1940’s, anticipated
important aspects of the mirror neuron discovery. Moreover, both the Gestaltists’ theory, based
on the principle of interpersonal isomorphism, and Gallese’s (2003) contemporary theory of
“embodied simulation”, inspired by the mirror neuron discovery, converge on the central claim
that our general ability to understand another’s actions, emotions, and intentions, is implicit,
automatic, and non-inferential.
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