mirror neurons create bonds of empathy, emotional…

“I THINK THAT people confuse a woman with empathy with someone who has the emotional means to raise a child. I’m not mother material…

— Jen Kirkman

Any disease support community is a place of deep bonds and empathy, and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of them.

— Howard Rheingold

“Multimodal neurons connect to sensations, perceptions, emotions, memories, and auditory, olfactory, and visual stimuli. And so it is theorized that mirror neurons not only…

— Fran Cohen Praver

Scientists tracking mirror neurons noticed that a monkey will get excited not just when holding a banana, but also when seeing someone else holding…

— Sara Genn

“Mirror neurons fire for something as simple as drinking water and as complex as yelling in anger. When you watch someone else get angry,…

— Mark Bertin MD

Children have a ton of mirror neurons when they are babies and kids and they mimic what they see and so heroes are important…

— John Assaraf

“It is difficult to overstate the importance of understanding mirror neurons and their function. They may well be central to social learning, imitation, and…

— V.S. Ramachandran

“Twenty years after that first recording in the laboratory, a cascade of well-controlled experiments with monkeys and later with humans (different kinds of experiments,…

— Marco Iacoboni

Mirror neurons make human empathy possible.

— Nick Morgan

We have mirror neurons that mirror other human beings. In other words, if I'm smiling it tends to make other people with me smile…

— Lynne McTaggart

“Brian sees Jackie walk in and says loudly, “About time you got here. Ashley has already torn up three rooms! There are toys all…

— Brent A. Bradley

“Why Does Mirroring Work? Scientific research suggests ‘mirroring’ techniques works because of the mirror-neurons which are fired in our brains when we both perceive…

— Susan C. Young

“...he'd know about the role of mirror neurons in the brain, special cells in the premotor cortex that fire right before a person reaches…

— Diane Ackerman

When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

I have a lot of empathy, and I think that's where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate.

— Viv Albertine