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antimirror neuron

antimirror neuron noun: a neuron that fires when someone performs an action and reduces its firing when that person observes another performing the action, or vice versa.

Noun

antimirror neuron (plural antimirror neurons)

  1. A neuron that fires when someone performs an action and reduces its firing when that person observes another performing the action, or vice versa.
    • This "antimirror neuron" activity, as some researchers call it, appears to deactivate the brain's propensity to imitate another person."2012, Andrew Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman, Words Can Change Your Brain
    • Another interesting finding was that there exists what can be called "antimirror" neurons (Keysers & Gazzola, 2010). Eleven neurons increased their firing when the patient performed a certain action but decreased their firing when the patient observed someone else performing this same action. These...2014, Holly C. Matto, Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, PhD, Michelle S. Ballan, Neuroscience for Social Work: Current Research and Practice, pages 41-42

Forms of antimirror neuron

pluralantimirror neurons

Questions about antimirror neuron

What does antimirror neuron mean?
Antimirror neuron means a neuron that fires when someone performs an action and reduces its firing when that person observes another performing the action, or vice versa.
What part of speech is antimirror neuron?
Antimirror neuron is a noun.
What is the plural of antimirror neuron?
The plural of antimirror neuron is antimirror neurons.

Words near antimirror neuron in the dictionary

  1. antiminsia
  2. antiminsion
  3. antiminsions
  4. antimir
  5. antimirror
  6. antimirror neuron
  7. antimirror neurons
  8. antimirrors
  9. antimirs
  10. antimiscarriage
  11. antimiscegenation

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