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The mirror system in human and nonhuman primates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

Guy A. Orban
Guy A. Orban*
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Department of Neuroscience, Parma University, 43125 Parma, Italy. guy.orban@med.kuleuven.be http://neuroscienze.unipr.it
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Abstract

The description of the mirror neuron system provided by Cook et al. is incomplete for the macaque, and incorrect for humans. This is relevant to exaptation versus associative learning as the underlying mechanism generating mirror neurons, and to the sensorimotor learning as evidence for the authors' viewpoint. The proposed additional testing of the mirror system in rodents is unrealistic.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 215 - 216
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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