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Social Cognition and the Mirror Neuron System
Jaime A. Pineda, Ph.D. Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
COGS1 class
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Motivating Questions
• How do we perceive the mental states of others?
– How do we read other minds?
• How do we understand the actions, emotions and the intentions of others?
– Rationally? – Intuitively?
• How do we understand first- and third-person experiences?
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Classic Explanation
• Theory-Theory (argument from analogy; disembodied knowledge;
visual hypothesis)
– Involves striate, extrastriate, inferotemporal lobe and superior temporal sulcus, among others
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A Different Perspective
• Simulation Theory (Direct-matching hypothesis; embodied knowledge)
– Map visual onto motor representations of the same action
• Mirroring systems – Perception-action mechanisms that allow
for simulation • Mirror neurons • Mirror Neuron System • EEG Mu rhythms
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A Different Perspective
• Simulation Theory (Direct-matching hypothesis; embodied knowledge)
– Map visual onto motor representations of the same action
• Mirroring systems – Perception-action mechanisms that allow
for simulation • Mirror neurons • Mirror Neuron System • EEG Mu rhythms
– What happens when simulation is damaged?
• Aspects of autism?
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Mirror Neurons
• Discharge when the monkey performs an action and when it observes a similar action done by another agent
– Found in: • area F5 (homolog of Broca’s area) • inferior parietal cortex (PF/PFG/7b)
– Activated by: • Goal directed actions (reaching, grasping, holding) • Observation of similar actions
performed by “biological” agents
Di Pellegrino et al., Exp. Brain Res., 1992, 91, 176-80
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Rizzolatti et al., Cogn. Brain Res., 1996, 3:131-141
Mirror Neuron Activity
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Perception-to-Action Mapping Selectivity
Action
Logically-Related (effector independent; 2X)
Congruent (effector dependent)
Perception
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Significance
– Strictly congruent mirror neurons may encode how an observed action is performed the kinematics of the action (means plus the goal)
– Broadly congruent mirror neurons may encode only the goal of the action what it tries to achieve, irrespective of how it is achieved (ends)
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Understanding Goals and Intentions?
Umilta et al. Neuron, 2001, 32: 91-101
Grasping Mimicking
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The Action-Perception or Mirror Neuron System
Iacoboni and Dapretto, Nature Reviews, 2006,7:942-951
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• Response facilitation • Mimicry • Simulation • Imitation learning • Understanding actions • Understanding intentions • Empathy • Theory of Mind • Language
Functional Significance
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The Mirror Neuron System
Iacoboni and Dapretto, Nature Reviews, 2006
mu rhythm (8-13 Hz)
MNS Activity --> Suppression
Normal Oscillations at rest
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Mu Rhythm
• 8-13 Hz oscillation over sensorimotor cortex
Normal Oscillation Self Action Observed Action No mirroring Motor + Mirroring Mirroring only
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Frequency Analysis of Mu Rhythm
Power
Frequency
(8-13 Hz)
(10-14 Hz)
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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (Leo Kanner, 1943)
Problems with: Repetitive movements and restricted interests Language and communication Social ability
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Common Characteristics of Social Dysfunctions
– Impairment in social play and imagination – Difficulty interpreting actions and intentions
of others – Inability to participate in a reciprocal
conversation – Language delays – Impaired joint/sustained attention – Trouble imitating others – Absence or reduced empathy
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Hypothesis
• If mu rhythms reflect mirroring activity and the capacity to understand actions as well as learn through imitation, then children on the autism spectrum should show differences in mu rhythms compared to controls
Oberman et al., Cog. Brain Res. 2005, 24: 190-198
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Experimental Paradigm
• Measured mu power (2 min of EEG) in normals (n=12) and autistics (n=10) under different conditions:
– Self-movement of hand
– Watching video of someone moving their hand
– Watching a video of a ball moving up and down
Oberman et al., Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2005, 24(2):190-8.
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Results
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Oberman et al., Neuropsychologia, 2008
Is the Mirror Broken and Unrepairable?