In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers utilized a genetically encoded mirror-TRAP strategy to investigate the functional importance of aggression-mirroring neurons. Social ...

The concept has since been studied in humans, including infants, to understand how the early mirror neuron system functions. From what we know, parent-infant interactions heavily influence development ...

"It seems we're wired to see other people as similar to us, rather than different. At the root, as humans we identify the person we're facing as someone like ourselves." —Neuroscientist Vittorio ...