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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 369, Issue 1644, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0175
Keywords
mirror neurons; Hebbian learning; active inference; vicarious activations; mind-reading; projection
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- VENI of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) [451-09-006]
- European Research Council [312511]
- NWO [56-13-013, 056-13-017, 433-09-253]
- European Research Council (ERC) [312511] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Spike-timing-dependent plasticity is considered the neurophysiological basis of Hebbian learning and has been shown to be sensitive to both contingency and contiguity between pre- and postsynaptic activity. Here, we will examine how applying this Hebbian learning rule to a system of interconnected neurons in the presence of direct or indirect re-afference (e. g. seeing/hearing one's own actions) predicts the emergence of mirror neurons with predictive properties. In this framework, we analyse how mirror neurons become a dynamic system that performs active inferences about the actions of others and allows joint actions despite sensorimotor delays. We explore how this system performs a projection of the self onto others, with egocentric biases to contribute to mind-reading. Finally, we argue that Hebbian learning predicts mirror-like neurons for sensations and emotions and review evidence for the presence of such vicarious activations outside the motor system.
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