{"product_id":"9780191030802","title":"Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions","description":"Emotions and actions are powerfully contagious; when we see someone laugh, cry,                 show disgust, or experience pain, in some sense, we share that emotion. When we see                 someone in distress, we share that distress. When we see a great actor, musician or                 sportsperson perform at the peak of their abilities, it can feel like we are                 experiencing just something of what they are experiencing. Yet only recently, with                 the discover of mirror neurons, has it become clear just how this powerfulsharing of                 experience is realised within the human brain. This book provides, for the first                 time, a systematic overview of mirror neurons, written by the man who first                 discovered them.In the early 1990's Giacomo Rizzolatti and his co-workers at the                 University of Parma discovered that some neurons had a surprising property. They                 responded not only when a subject performed a given action, but also when the                 subject oberved someone else performing that same action. These results had a deep                 impact on cognitive neuroscience, leading the neuroscientist VS Ramachandran to                 predict that 'mirror neurons would do for psychology what DNA did for biology'. The                 unexpected properties ofthese neurons have not only attracted the attention of                 neuroscientists. Many sociologists, anthropologists, and even artists have been                 fascinated by mirror neurons. The director and playwright Peter Brook stated that                 mirror neurons throw new light on the mysterious link that is created each time                 actorstake the stage and face their audience - the sight of a great actor performing                 activates in the brain of the observer the very same areas that are active in the                 performer - including both their actions and their emotions.Written in a highly                 accessible style, that conveys something of the excitement of this groundbreaking                 theory, Mirrors in the brain is the definitive account of one the major scientific                 discoveries of the past 50 years.","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124408074480,"sku":"9780191030802","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780191030802_p0.jpg?v=1763660959","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780191030802","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}