Hickok Gregory
Department of Cognitive Sciences, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
J Cogn Neurosci. 2009 Jul;21(7):1229-43. doi: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21189.
The discovery of mirror neurons in macaque frontal cortex has sparked a resurgence of interest in motor/embodied theories of cognition. This critical review examines the evidence in support of one of these theories, namely, that mirror neurons provide the basis of action understanding. It is argued that there is no evidence from monkey data that directly tests this theory, and evidence from humans makes a strong case against the position.
猕猴额叶皮质中镜像神经元的发现引发了人们对认知的运动/具身理论的再度关注。这篇批判性综述考察了支持其中一种理论的证据,即镜像神经元为动作理解提供了基础。文章认为,从猴子的数据中没有直接检验该理论的证据,而来自人类的证据有力地反驳了这一观点。