Schermer Victor L
Private Practice, 735 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-2838, USA.
Int J Group Psychother. 2010 Oct;60(4):486-513. doi: 10.1521/ijgp.2010.60.4.486.
Recently discovered mirror neurons in the motor cortex of the brain register the actions and intentions of both the organism and others in the environment. As such, they may play a significant role in social behavior and groups. This paper considers the potential implications of mirror neurons and related neural networks for group therapists, proposing that mirror neurons and mirror systems provide "hard-wired" support for the group therapist's belief in the centrality of relationships in the treatment process and exploring their value in accounting for group-as-a-whole phenomena. Mirror neurons further confirm the holistic, social nature of perception, action, and intention as distinct from a stimulus-response behaviorism. The implications of mirror neurons and mirroring processes for the group therapist role, interventions, and training are also discussed.
最近在大脑运动皮层中发现的镜像神经元记录了机体自身以及环境中其他个体的行为和意图。因此，它们可能在社会行为和群体中发挥重要作用。本文探讨了镜像神经元及相关神经网络对团体治疗师的潜在影响，提出镜像神经元和镜像系统为团体治疗师坚信关系在治疗过程中的核心地位提供了“硬连线”支持，并探讨了它们在解释团体整体现象方面的价值。镜像神经元进一步证实了感知、行动和意图的整体社会性本质，这与刺激-反应行为主义不同。本文还讨论了镜像神经元和镜像过程对团体治疗师的角色、干预措施及培训的影响。
