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Mirror neurons appear here as a proposed but doubted neuroscientific mechanism for empathy.
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Jiang treats mirror neurons as a possible but unconfirmed neuroscientific explanation for empathy and openly resists treating the theory as settled fact.
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"Yeah, let's Google mirror neurons. I want to see if this is actually true, okay? Are mirror neurons responsible for empathy? Are they responsible..."
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"Okay, so two years old is when we develop the mirror neurons, right? Okay. Alright. I'm not convinced mirror neurons actually exist. It's a..."
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"since you've studied the brain synapses right synapses neurons neurocognition"
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"...how the robot... The robotics can work, right? So all the neurons near that aspect makes your brain still control it. So it's kind..."
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"...file instead they're encoded by altering the physical connections synapses between neurons when you learn something new neurons form stronger or newer connections through..."
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"We're wired for empathy just through mere neurons and biologically. I mean think about this. I mean like we have families, right? We have..."
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"...on in me from a feeling sensation level. Then there's the mirror neurons or what I call mirrored empathy, which is as you're watching..."
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