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antimirror neurons

antimirror neurons is the plural of antimirror neuron.

Meaning of antimirror neuron

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

Questions about antimirror neurons

What is antimirror neurons the plural of?
Antimirror neurons is the plural of antimirror neuron.

Words near antimirror neurons in the dictionary

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

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