What scientists learned amid the fluctuating fad in mirror neurons research
What scientists learned amid the fluctuating fad in mirror neurons research
- September 26, 2022
- Greg Hickok, cog sci and lang sci, BrainFacts, Sept. 26, 2022
“Here was something that showed a path to how all these things may have started out with mirror neurons,” said University of California neuroscientist [and Distinguished Professor] Gregory Hickok, “and then blossomed into everything wonderful and amazing about humans.” … By 2014, the mentalizing theory began to unravel in earnest. First, Hickok published a book entitled “The Myth of Mirror Neurons,” detailing logical fallacies and contradictory data among hundreds of scientific papers.
For the full story, please visit https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/learning-and-memory/2022/what-scientists-learned-amid-the-fluctuating-fad-in-mirror-neurons-research-092622.
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