Agnew Zarinah K, Bhakoo Kishore K, Puri Basant K
MRC Clinical Sciences Center, Imperial College London, UK.
Brain Res Rev. 2007 Jun;54(2):286-93. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.04.003. Epub 2007 Apr 24.
Electrophysiological data confirm the existence of neurons that respond to both motor and sensory events in the macaque brain. These mirror neurons respond to execution and observation of goal-orientated actions. It has been suggested that they comprise a neural basis for encoding an internal representation of action. In this paper the evidence for a parallel system in humans is reviewed and the implications for human theory of mind processing are discussed. Different components of theory of mind are discussed; the evidence for mirror activity within subtypes is addressed. While there is substantial evidence for a human mirror system, there are weaknesses in the attempts to localize such a system in the brain. Preliminary evidence indicates that mirror neurons may be involved in theory of mind; however, these data by their very nature are reliant on the presence, and precise characterization, of the human mirror system.
电生理数据证实猕猴大脑中存在对运动和感觉事件均有反应的神经元。这些镜像神经元对目标导向动作的执行和观察均有反应。有人提出，它们构成了对动作的内部表征进行编码的神经基础。本文回顾了人类中平行系统的证据，并讨论了其对人类心理理论加工的影响。文中讨论了心理理论的不同组成部分；探讨了各亚型内镜像活动的证据。虽然有大量证据支持人类镜像系统的存在，但在将这样一个系统定位到大脑中的尝试存在不足之处。初步证据表明镜像神经元可能参与心理理论；然而，这些数据本质上依赖于人类镜像系统的存在及其精确特征。
