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RE: virus: Mind Reading Brain Cells
« on: 2006-01-15 04:47:41 » |
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[Blunderov] The neurological mechanism of empathy disclosed?
Also, it seems likely to me that those persons who are gifted at mimicry
will be found to have a goodly supply of mirror neurons. Essentially, IMO,
the mimic runs a simulation of the subject and reproduces aspects of that
simulation.
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http://www.atsnn.com/story/190879.html
Mind Reading Brain Cells
Posted by: soficrow
On: Fri January, 13 2006 @ 03:50 GMT
Scientists in Parma Italy observed "mind reading" brain cells called "mirror
neurons" 15 years ago, and first published their findings in 1996. Research
on mirror neurons has continued, and multiple mirror neuron systems now are
understood as responsible for learning, empathy, and the ability to
understand other peoples intentions. The latest study shows that mirror
neurons and aggression-related brain functions are activated in children
watching violent TV, increasing the probability that they will behave
violently. Behind the scenes, the discovery is shaking up scientific
disciplines from psychotherapy to biology.
original news source:
www.nytimes.com
The human brain has multiple mirror neuron systems that specialize in
carrying out and understanding not just the actions of others but their
intentions, the social meaning of their behavior and their emotions. ..."We
are exquisitely social creatures," Dr. Rizzolatti said. "Our survival
depends on understanding the actions, intentions and emotions of others."
...Mirror neurons reveal how children learn, why people respond to certain
types of sports, dance, music and art, why watching media violence may be
harmful and why many men like pornography.
..."Mirror neurons allow us to grasp the minds of others not through
conceptual reasoning but through direct simulation. By feeling, not by
thinking." ...The discovery is shaking up numerous scientific disciplines,
shifting the understanding of culture, empathy, philosophy, language,
imitation, autism and psychotherapy. ...Until now, scholars have treated
culture as fundamentally separate from biology, she said. "But now we see
that mirror neurons absorb culture directly, with each generation teaching
the next by social sharing, imitation and observation."
...a study in the January 2006 issue of Media Psychology found that when
children watched violent television programs, mirror neurons, as well as
several brain regions involved in aggression were activated, increasing the
probability that the children would behave violently. ...People who rank
high on a scale measuring empathy have particularly active mirror neurons
systems, Dr. Keysers said. ...Social emotions like guilt, shame, pride,
embarrassment, disgust and lust are based on a uniquely human mirror neuron
system found in a part of the brain called the insula, Dr. Keysers said.
...Therapists can use their own mirror system to understand a client's
problems and to generate empathy, he said. ...Art exploits mirror neurons,
said Dr. Vittorio Gallese, a neuroscientist at Parma University.
...Similarly, millions of fans who watch their favorite sports on television
are hooked by mirror neuron activation. ...In yet another realm, mirror
neurons are powerfully activated by pornography, several scientists said.
...The vicarious thrill of watching sex, it turns out, is not so vicarious
after all...
...Ever wonder how you know what you know? Or why you don't get what others
take for granted? It seems our psychic powers and our ability to "fit in"
both depend on multiple mirror neuron systems - and the breadth of our
social exposures and experience. Makes sense to me.
Everyone has innate psychic ability, according to the advertising copy for
psychic training programs and writers like Sufi Idries Shah. Training
involves activating the part of the brain that perceives, and making the
process conscious. Different schools use various ways to open these very
real pathways in the brain and help people develop their "psychic"
abilities. And it sounds like these guys are talking about developing
multiple mirror neuron systems.
Too often, our society shuts down and suppresses our innate abilities,
leaving us with only a primitive shadow of what is possible. And the
mainstream media tends to suppress psychic development. Multiple mirror
neuron systems are not developed, only a few. The number of mirror neuron
systems are limited, and kept primitive: individuals' empathetic powers are
twisted to become a basic "I like, I buy" imperative; and violence simply
begets violence, not psychic awareness or understanding.
Military applications of this kind of knowledge are another story, addressed
elsewhere on this site.
My questions:
What do you think our world would be like if the scientific knowledge about
mirror neurons was used to help individuals learn and grow, instead of using
it to develop psycho-weapons and manipulate people?
How might we apply this knowledge responsibly, to benefit individuals and
the whole of humankind?
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