Mirror neurons are a type of brain cell that is activated both when performing an action and when observing another individual perform that same action, a process thought to help an individual ...

Mirror neurons are amazing neurons that participate in important processes such as learning, empathy and imitation. They were discovered by chance by the Italian neurobiologist Giacomo Rizzolatti in ...

A study by researchers in Parma and Milan has shown that we interpret facial expressions using both motor and emotional areas of the brain. The finding could solve a 20-year debate between scientists ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In the early 1990s, a team of neuroscientists ...