Title: Mirrors in the brain :
Authors: Rizzolatti, Giacomo.; Sinigaglia, Corrado,
Date: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: xiii, 242 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: Q
Abstract: When we witness a great actor, musician, or sportsperson performing, we share something of their experience. It become clear just how this sharing of experience is realised within the human brain. This text provides an accessible overview of mirror neurons, written by the man who first discovered them.
Contents: The motor system -- The acting brain -- The space around us -- Action understanding -- Mirror neurons in humans -- Imitation and language -- Sharing emotions.
Notes: Translated from the Italian.
Subject headings (LCSH): Cognitive neuroscience.; Mirror neurons.