G'morning Ward,

 MM> Anybody got any decent updates on mirror neurons ?  I'm becoming
 MM> convinced that these may be the key to much of human behaviour...

 WD> My 2 daughters in the morning between them take exactly
 WD> 1hr30 in the bathroom, most of that time spent in front of
 WD> a mirror performing a strange kind of ritual.

A recent NZ Prime Minister apologised to a meeting for the absence 
of an opponent, claiming that his journey to the meeting had been 
interupted by a mirror  -  perhaps the same sort of mirror 
neurosis as might sponsor your offspring's rituals...  :-)

The mirror neurons I'm interested in fire when I comb my hair, and 
when I see someone else comb their hair.  They seem to provide a 
physical basis for imitative learning and for empathetic 
behaviour,  and have only been identified in animals and humans 
over the last 5 years.

Every new study of them seems to bring new understanding of 
education and learning,  fascinating me with the potential for new 
techniques in instruction and teaching...

Miles


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