Imitation and Empathy

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Flashcards on Imitation and Empathy, created by Heather Martin on 20/01/2019.
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Have you ever put your face in front of a baby and the baby mimicked your expressions? “It’s an example of our built-in, wired-into-the-brain capacity for imitation." Figure 1.
"The front of the brain contains an area called the premotor cortex. The premotor cortex makes plans to move.” Figure 2. Watching other people's actions can cause specific neurons to fire as though you were performing the action yourself. These neurons are called Mirror Neurons.
Mirror neurons - are a subset of neurons that fire both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another. Figure 3. “Mirror Neurons are the starting point of empathy.” They are the way we empathize with others.
Works Cited: Slide 2 - Weinschenk, S., PH.D. (2011). 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People [Kindle]. pg. 147 Figure 1. Cerdan, A. G. (2017, June 8). Mirror neurons: The most powerful learning tool [Image from an article]. Retrieved January 20, 2019, from https://blog.cognifit.com/mirror-neurons/ Slide 3 - Weinschenk, S., PH.D. (2011). 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People [Kindle]. pg. 147 Figure 2. Balasubramanian, S. (2015, August). Lateral (A) and Medial (B) view of the Primary motor cortex and Premotor cortex [Image from an article]. Retrieved January 20, 2019, from https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Lateral-A-and-Medial-B-view-of-the-Primary-motor-cortex-and-Premotor-cortex-7_fig5_281198195 Slide 4 - Weinschenk, S., PH.D. (2011). 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People [Kindle]. pg. 147 Slide 5 - Weinschenk, S., PH.D. (2011). 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People [Kindle]. pg. 147 Figure 3. Ritvo, E., M.D. (2014, July 4). The Neuroscience of Vitality, Tip 2: Mirror Neurons [Image from an article]. Retrieved January 20, 2019, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/vitality/201407/the-neuroscience-vitality-tip-2-mirror-neurons Slide 6 - Weinschenk, S., PH.D. (2011). 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People [Kindle]. pg. 147
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