Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel.
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Apr;37(2):210-1. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13002392.
An associative learning account of mirror neurons should not preclude genetic evolution of its underlying mechanisms. On the contrary, an associative learning framework for cognitive development should seek heritable variation in the learning rules and in the data-acquisition mechanisms that construct associative networks, demonstrating how small genetic modifications of associative elements can give rise to the evolution of complex cognition.
关联学习理论对镜像神经元的解释不应排除其潜在机制的遗传进化。相反，认知发展的关联学习框架应该寻求学习规则和构建关联网络的数据获取机制中的可遗传性变异，从而证明关联元素的微小遗传修饰如何导致复杂认知的进化。
