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Confounding the origin and function of mirror neurons
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2014
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Cook et al. argue that mirror neurons originate in sensorimotor associative learning and that their function is determined by their origin. Both these claims are hard to accept. It is here suggested that a major role in the origin of the mirror mechanism is played by top-down connections rather than by associative learning.
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