ThInk | On art, science and the brain. Www.jellyfishjelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Cup-Dragon.pdf. University of Arizona :: Mirror Neurons and Motor Memory Formation. Mirror neurons have been hailed by scientists as the most significant finding in neurology in the past decade, the key to understanding the secrets of human interaction and learning, and as significant to psychology as DNA is to biology. Mirror neurons are a newly-discovered structure of the brain responsible for the firing of neurons during both physical movement and the observation of physical movement. It is these firings during observation of movements that has scientists excited about their relation to learning and interaction.
While mirror neurons have been found in both primates and humans, their role in terms of learning and perfecting motor skills is still unclear. The discovery of mirror neurons: The discovery of mirror neurons in macaque monkey was actually an accident during research on the monkeys. This image was drawn by group member Min Wang and is used with permission. Breakthrough: Recent research has linked mirror neurons deficiency to autism. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Sarah-Jayne Blakemore. Mirror Neurons. About ASCD. Neuroscience & the Classroom. RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation.