SciShow Psych | What Do Mirror Neurons Really Do?

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Episode Title: What Do Mirror Neurons Really Do?
Produced by: SciShow Psych
Description: Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Mirror neurons are a very cool part of our brains but some people are taking it way further by making claims that they are responsible for telepathy and ESP. It goes without saying that this isn’t true, but what exactly do mirror neurons really do? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/debunking-myths-the-mind/201804/the-biology-telepathy https://www.echonyc.com/~horn/unbelievable/?p=953 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mirroring-behavior/ https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF00230027.pdf https://www.cin.ucsf.edu/~sabes/SensorimotorCortex/PMv.htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982216311927 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF00230027.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21335939 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f021/aaa603c53818de888dabfdd7b06623a76adf.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697316/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15217330 https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.dartmouth.edu/dist/4/26/files/2012/09/Cross-2009-EJN.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971903 https://psyarxiv.com/6bu4p/ http://nautil.us/blog/mirror-neurons-are-essential-but-not-in-the-way-you-think https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/do_mirror_neurons_give_empathy Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/neuron-diagram-gm531825569-55734712 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Superior_temporal_gyrus_lateral.png


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