MAC - Mirror neurons

Question 1

Mirror neurons location

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Inferior premotor and inferior parietal lobule

Question 2

What activates neurons in this system?

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Watching and imitating other’s movements

Question 3

The greater the level of the observer’s skill in the movement, the

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greater the activation in the MN system

Question 4

Professional dancers had …. activation when watching

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Greatest when watching dance they were expert in

Question 5

MN also active by

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familiar sounds that are associated with actions- audiovisual neurons

Question 6

fMRI study: Subjects showed activation when

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listening to piano tune they had recently learned to play, but not when listening to other music or same notes in different order

Question 7

When I observe someone execute an action, the motor circuits representing that action is

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activated in my brain

Question 8

Motor representation of the action is what allows me

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to understand others’ actions

Question 9

Activation of MN also allows us to understand

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others’ intentions

Question 10

Ventral premotor area activated when viewing grasping in three contexts

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Alone, before tea - suggested the action was to drink, and after tea - suggested the action was to clean up

Question 11

Pattern of activation was different each time, which suggests

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MN encodes not only actions but also intent of actions