Ever noticed how one yawn can trigger many? Science reveals how your brain copies others, why yawns spread so easily, and what this curious habit says about humans.

Mirror neurons are a type of brain cell that is activated both when performing an action and when observing another individual perform that same action, a process thought to help an individual ...

Mirror neurons, in Heyes' view, aren't evolved specifically “for” understanding, imitation, or any other purpose – rather, they're simply ordinary motor-cortex neurons that happen to take on special ...

Back in the 1990s, neuroscientists at the University of Parma identified cells in the premotor cortex of monkeys that had an unusual response pattern. They were activated when the monkeys performed a ...