People are Hard-Wired for Imitation and Empathy

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Figure 1. Denton, B. E. (2017, August 20). Monkey See, Monkey Do Day 232 of A Year of War and Peace [Image from an article]. Retrieved January 20, 2019, from https://medium.com/@BrianEDenton/monkey-see-monkey-do-e6b3c8d83043

Vilayanur Ramachandran a Neuroscientist

In this TED talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran talks in more detail on Mirror Neurons and empathy. His talk is 7 minutes and 37 seconds long. Ramachandran, V., & T. (Directors). (2009). The neurons that shaped civilization [Video file]. Retrieved January 20, 2019, from https://www.ted.com/talks/vs_ramachandran_the_neurons_that_shaped_civilization