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Universidad del Rosario
2008
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- Why our brains cherish humanity: Mirror neurons and colamus humanitatem John R. Skoyles Psicología self empathy communitas mirror neurons social emotions Commonsense says we are isolated. After all, ourbodies are physically separate. But Seneca´s colamushumanitatem, and John Donne´s observationthat no man is an island suggests we are neitherentirely isolated nor separate. A recent discovery inneurosciencethat of mirror neuronsargues thatthe brain and the mind is neither built nor functionsremote from what happens in other individuals.What are mirror neurons? They are brain cellsthat process both what happens to or is done by anindividual, and, as it were, its perceived refl ection,when that same thing happens or is done byanother individual. Thus, mirror neurons are bothactivated when an individual does a particular action,and when that individual perceives that sameaction done by another. The discovery of mirrorneurons suggests we need to radically revise ournotions of human nature since they offer a meansby which we may not be so separated as we think.Humans unlike other apes are adapted to mirrorinteract nonverbally when together. Notably, ourfaces have been evolved to display agile and nimblemovements. While this is usually explainedas enabling nonverbal communication, a betterdescription would be nonverbal commune basedupon mirror neurons. I argue we cherish humanity,colamus humanitatem, because mirror neurons andour adapted mirror interpersonal interface blur thephysical boundaries that separate us. 2008 artículo científico 1794-4724 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=79926108 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=799 Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana application/pdf Universidad del Rosario Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana (Colombia) Num.1 Vol.26