Jeon Hyeonjin, Lee Seung-Hwan
Clinical Emotion and Cognition Research Laboratory, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Department of Psychiatry, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2018 Feb 28;16(1):18-31. doi: 10.9758/cpn.2018.16.1.18.
The mirror neuron system (MNS) is a brain network activated when we move our body parts and when we observe the actions of other agent. Since the mirror neuron's discovery in research on monkeys, several studies have examined its network and properties in both animals and humans. This review discusses MNS studies of animals and human MNS studies related to high-order social cognitions such as emotion and empathy, as well as relations between MNS dysfunction and mental disorders. Finally, these evidences are understood from an evolutionary perspective.
镜像神经元系统（MNS）是一个大脑网络，当我们移动身体部位以及观察其他主体的动作时，该网络会被激活。自从在对猴子的研究中发现镜像神经元以来，已有多项研究在动物和人类身上考察了其网络及特性。本综述讨论了与情绪和共情等高阶社会认知相关的动物MNS研究、人类MNS研究，以及MNS功能障碍与精神障碍之间的关系。最后，从进化的角度来理解这些证据。
