Biological explanations of social cognition, including the role of the mirror neuron system

Biological explanations of social cognition, including the role of the mirror neuron system

·        Social cognition may be damaged when the brain is damaged:

└->Anosognosia- Person is unaware of their mental impairment.

o   Frontal lobe damage can cause change in personality.

The Mirror Neuron System

·        Mirror neurones are fired when an action is completed and the same neurones are fired when the person witnesses someone doing the same thing i.e. being a musician and playing music and listening to music.

·        If a non musician plays music and then listens to it, the activity is generated in different areas. This is not the case for musicians.

·        ToM influenced by mirror neurones. Allow us to take someone…