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mirror neurons

mirror neurons is the plural of mirror neuron.

Meaning of mirror neuron

Noun

mirror neuron (plural mirror neurons)

  1. A neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another.

Questions about mirror neurons

What is mirror neurons the plural of?
Mirror neurons is the plural of mirror neuron.

Words near mirror neurons in the dictionary

  1. mirror literature
  2. mirror match
  3. mirror matches
  4. mirror matter
  5. mirror neuron
  6. mirror neurons
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  8. mirror pronouns
  9. mirror punishment
  10. mirror punishments
  11. mirror server journal

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