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NOVA scienceNOW: Mirror Neurons
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Program Overview
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Explores the role that mirror neurons may play in human actions and interactions and explains how scientists think mirror neurons work.
This NOVA scienceNOW segment:
explains the role that mirror neurons may play in how we understand and
connect with each other. reports on experiments indicating that the neurons that "fire" when a
monkey does an activity also "fire" when the monkey observes the activity,
suggesting that neurologically doing and watching are the same. suggests that humans use a similar "mirroring" response to translate
what we see, so that we can relate to each other and the world. demonstrates an experiment involving pictures of different facial
expressions that may show how mirror neurons tie us to each other's feelings as
well as actions. suggests that mirror neurons may have enhanced humans' evolutionary
process and survival success.
Taping Rights: Can be used up to one year after the program is taped off the air.
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