Hickok takes a deep and long look through the literature on Mirror Neurons and challenges current assumptions. He also points out that they are much more evident in monkeys than humans. Could it be that scientists in large numbers have been over eager to assign functions to the brain that really occur in the metaphysical (spiritual) mind -- and allowed themselves to form impressions from inadequate evidence? -- that is my take. Blip from Wikipedia indicates his preliminary work: In 2009, Greg Hickok published an extensive argument against the claim that mirror neurons are involved in action-understanding: Eight Problems for the Mirror Neuron Theory of Action Understanding in Monkeys and Humans. He concluded that The early hypothesis that these cells underlie action understanding is likewise an interesting and prima facie reasonable idea. However, despite its widespread acceptance, the proposal has never been adequately tested in monkeys, and in humans there is strong empirical evidence, in the form of physiological and neuropsychological (double-) dissociations, against the claim.[15] books.wwnorton/books/The-Myth-of-Mirror-Neurons/
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