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Evidence for mirror systems in emotions
Why do we feel tears well up when we see a loved one cry? Why do we wince when we see other people hurt themselves? This review addresses these questions from the perspective of embodied simulation: observing the actions and tactile sensations of others activates premotor, posterior parietal and som...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19620110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0058 |
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author | Bastiaansen, J. A. C. J. Thioux, M. Keysers, C. |
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description | Why do we feel tears well up when we see a loved one cry? Why do we wince when we see other people hurt themselves? This review addresses these questions from the perspective of embodied simulation: observing the actions and tactile sensations of others activates premotor, posterior parietal and somatosensory regions in the brain of the observer which are also active when performing similar movements and feeling similar sensations. We will show that seeing the emotions of others also recruits regions involved in experiencing similar emotions, although there does not seem to be a reliable mapping of particular emotions onto particular brain regions. Instead, emotion simulation seems to involve a mosaic of affective, motor and somatosensory components. The relative contributions of these components to a particular emotion and their interrelationship are largely unknown, although recent experimental evidence suggests that motor simulation may be a trigger for the simulation of associated feeling states. This mosaic of simulations may be necessary for generating the compelling insights we have into the feelings of others. Through their integration with, and modulation by, higher cognitive functions, they could be at the core of important social functions, including empathy, mind reading and social learning. |
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spelling | pubmed-28650772010-05-12 Evidence for mirror systems in emotions Bastiaansen, J. A. C. J. Thioux, M. Keysers, C. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Articles Why do we feel tears well up when we see a loved one cry? Why do we wince when we see other people hurt themselves? This review addresses these questions from the perspective of embodied simulation: observing the actions and tactile sensations of others activates premotor, posterior parietal and somatosensory regions in the brain of the observer which are also active when performing similar movements and feeling similar sensations. We will show that seeing the emotions of others also recruits regions involved in experiencing similar emotions, although there does not seem to be a reliable mapping of particular emotions onto particular brain regions. Instead, emotion simulation seems to involve a mosaic of affective, motor and somatosensory components. The relative contributions of these components to a particular emotion and their interrelationship are largely unknown, although recent experimental evidence suggests that motor simulation may be a trigger for the simulation of associated feeling states. This mosaic of simulations may be necessary for generating the compelling insights we have into the feelings of others. Through their integration with, and modulation by, higher cognitive functions, they could be at the core of important social functions, including empathy, mind reading and social learning. The Royal Society 2009-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2865077/ /pubmed/19620110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0058 Text en © 2009 The Royal Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Articles Bastiaansen, J. A. C. J. Thioux, M. Keysers, C. Evidence for mirror systems in emotions |
title | Evidence for mirror systems in emotions |
title_full | Evidence for mirror systems in emotions |
title_fullStr | Evidence for mirror systems in emotions |
title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for mirror systems in emotions |
title_short | Evidence for mirror systems in emotions |
title_sort | evidence for mirror systems in emotions |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19620110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0058 |
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