From an evolutionary standpoint, mirror neurons might protect a species from repeating fatal errors observed in another, without having to die in the process. The ability to learn from other people’s ...

As a psychiatrist and empath, I’ve always been intrigued by the science of empathy. Source: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay Research has shown that our brain has a specialized group of cells called mirror ...

One of the more intriguing recent discoveries in brain science is the existence of "mirror neurons," a set of neurons in the premotor area of the brain that are activated not only when performing an ...

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers utilized a genetically encoded mirror-TRAP strategy to investigate the functional importance of aggression-mirroring neurons. Social ...