English Explanatory Dictionary

mirror neuron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

mirror neuron mirror neurons

Related words

antimirror neuron
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