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Further reflections on how we interpret the actions of others

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Mirror neurons are known for their intriguing property of discharging when a particular motor act is either being performed or being observed. Damasio and Meyer describe them as neural ensembles in higher-order association areas called CDZs (for 'convergence–divergence zones') that collect information from specific sensory areas and signal back to those areas. Action understanding (as in the authors' example of hearing a peanut being cracked) depends on activation of this network.

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  1. Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Parma, Via Volturno 39, Parma, 43100, Italy

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  2. Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milano, 20122, Italy

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Rizzolatti, G., Sinigaglia, C. Further reflections on how we interpret the actions of others. Nature 455, 589 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455589b

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