Coupling Perception with Actions via Mirror Neurons

0405165 - UIVT-O 20030140 RIV FR eng J - Journal Article
Wiedermann, Jiří
Coupling Perception with Actions via Mirror Neurons.
ERCIM News. č. 55 (2003), s. 11-12. ISSN 0926-4981
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA201/02/1456
Institutional research plan: AV0Z1030915
Keywords : mirror neurons * cognitive agents * neural nets
Subject RIV: BA - General Mathematics
http://www.ercim.eu/publication/Ercim_News/enw55/wiedermann.html

A recent discovery in the brains of primates, mirror neurons are special neurons that show activity both when a subject performs an action and when it observes the same action performed by itself or another (possibly conspecific) subject. Mirror neurons present a versatile self-learning mechanism for the coordination of perceptional and motor actions. They also seem to present a potential bridge between minds. An understanding of the coupling of perception with actions via the mirror neurons, and the management of the respective internal representations, has opened the road to elucidating the computational principles underlying human cognition.
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