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What We Know Currently about Mirror Neurons.

Kilner, JM; Lemon, RN; (2013) What We Know Currently about Mirror Neurons. Curr Biol , 23 (23) R1057 - R1062. 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.051. Green open access

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Abstract

Mirror neurons were discovered over twenty years ago in the ventral premotor region F5 of the macaque monkey. Since their discovery much has been written about these neurons, both in the scientific literature and in the popular press. They have been proposed to be the neuronal substrate underlying a vast array of different functions. Indeed so much has been written about mirror neurons that last year they were referred to, rightly or wrongly, as "The most hyped concept in neuroscience". Here we try to cut through some of this hyperbole and review what is currently known (and not known) about mirror neurons.

Type: Article
Title: What We Know Currently about Mirror Neurons.
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.051
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.051
Language: English
Additional information: © 2013 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Movement Neurosciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1416388
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