In:Mirror Neurons and the Evolution of Brain and Language
Edited by Maxim I. Stamenov and Vittorio Gallese
[Advances in Consciousness Research 42] 2002
► pp. v–vii
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Published online: 17 December 2002
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.42.toc
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Table of contents
Introduction
I. Mirror neurons system – Past, present, and future of a discovery11
The neural correlates of action understanding in non-human primates
The mirror system in humans
II. Further developments in the study of mirror neurons system and interpretations of its functions61
Is the human brain unique?
The co-evolution of language and working memory capacity in the human brain
Episodic action memory: Characterization of the time course and neural circuitry
The role of objects in imitation
The mirror system and joint action
Brain activation to passive observation of grasping actions
Mirror neurons and the self construct
Behavioral synchronization in human conversational interaction
Symmetry building and symmetry breaking in synchronized movement
III. Mirror neurons system and the evolution of brain, communication, and language173
On the evolutionary origin of language
Mirror neurons, vocal imitation, and the evolution of particulate speech
Constitutive features of human dialogic interaction: Mirror neurons and what they tell us about human abilities
Some features that make mirror neurons and human language faculty unique
Altercentric perception by infants and adults in dialogue: Ego’s virtual participation in Alter’s complementary act
Visual attention and self-grooming behaviors among four-month-old infants: Indirect evidence pointing to a developmental role for mirror neurons
The role of mirror neurons in the ontogeny of speech
Mirror neurons’ registration of biological motion: A resource for evolution of communication and cognitive/linguistic meaning
Looking for neural answers to linguistic questions
Mirror neurons and cultural transmission
IV. Applications341
Mirror neurons and the neural basis for learning by imitation: Computational modeling
Mirror neurons and feedback learning
A connectionist model which unifies the behavioral and the linguistic processes: Results from robot learning experiments
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