Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Apr;37(2):202-3. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13002318.
The associative account described in the target article provides a viable explanation for the origin of mirror neurons. We argue here that if mirror neurons develop purely by associative learning, then they cannot by themselves explain intentional action understanding. Higher-level processes seem to be involved in the formation of associations as well as in their application during action understanding.
目标文章中描述的联想主义解释为镜像神经元的起源提供了一个可行的解释。我们在这里认为，如果镜像神经元纯粹通过联想学习而发展，那么它们本身就无法解释意向性动作理解。在关联的形成以及在动作理解过程中的应用中，似乎都涉及到更高层次的过程。
