Action recognition in the primate brain: a comparative functional MRI study of the organization and function of the human and non-human primate mirror system. KU Leuven
One of the most intriguing stories to emerge in cognitive neurosciences over the past few decades has been the discovery of the mirror neurons in the monkey brain. These neurons respond both when a monkey performs a particular motor act, and when it observes another individual performing a similar motor act. A similar system appears to exist in the human brain as well, and it has been speculated that it mediates a whole scale of social ...