(Current Biology, 2010) A study published in April 2010 reports recordings from single neurons with mirroring properties in the human brain. It was recorded from the brains of 21 patients who were being treated at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for intractable epilepsy. The patients had been implanted with intracranial depth electrodes to identify where seizures originate from for potential surgical treatment. Electrode location was based solely on clinical criteria, the researchers, with the patients consent, used the same electrodes to “speed up" their research. The researchers found a small number of neurons that fired or showed their greatest activity both when the individual performed a task and when they observed work. Other neurons had anti-mirror properties, that is, they responded when the participant performed an action but was inhibited when the member saw that action. Another study has suggested that human beings don't necessarily have more mirror neurons than monkeys, but instead that there is a core set of mirror neurons used in action observation and execution. However, functions of mirror neurons the mirror system may have the ability to recruit other areas of the brain when doing its auditory, somatosensory, and affective
(Current Biology, 2010) A study published in April 2010 reports recordings from single neurons with mirroring properties in the human brain. It was recorded from the brains of 21 patients who were being treated at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for intractable epilepsy. The patients had been implanted with intracranial depth electrodes to identify where seizures originate from for potential surgical treatment. Electrode location was based solely on clinical criteria, the researchers, with the patients consent, used the same electrodes to “speed up" their research. The researchers found a small number of neurons that fired or showed their greatest activity both when the individual performed a task and when they observed work. Other neurons had anti-mirror properties, that is, they responded when the participant performed an action but was inhibited when the member saw that action. Another study has suggested that human beings don't necessarily have more mirror neurons than monkeys, but instead that there is a core set of mirror neurons used in action observation and execution. However, functions of mirror neurons the mirror system may have the ability to recruit other areas of the brain when doing its auditory, somatosensory, and affective