empathic mirroring

Do Autistic Children Have Mirror Neurons?

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Do Autistic Children Have Mirror Neurons? Do autistic children have mirror neurons? Individuals with autism have difficulties in social learning domains which typically involve mirror neuron system (MNS) activation. Do people with autism have more mirror neurons? People with autism seem to have normal “mirror” neurons after all. A popular theory has it that these

Do Psychopaths Have Mirror Neurons?

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Do Psychopaths Have Mirror Neurons? Do psychopaths have mirror neurons? Research has indicated that psychopaths might have an impaired mirror neuron system — that is, difficulties with the neurons that, in a healthy brain, activate both when we perceive someone else doing an action and when we do that same action ourselves. How is a