Re-enchanting mirror neurons through lexical changes

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

New Ideas in Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2025.101145

Da Dong , Tongwei Liu , Wei Chen

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Abstract

Recent statistical data seem to indicate that mirror neurons have not maintained their early illustrious image in the scientific community. We start our discussion by looking back at the conceptual history of “mirror neuron,” paying special attention to the shifting meanings of highly related words in the current scientific landscape. These semantic changes demonstrate that, even if not entirely sufficient on their own, the study of mirror neurons remains central to the scientific revolution unfolding within cognitive sciences, as revealed through the analysis in this paper. Thus, in the later part of this paper, we find that the meanings of three fundamental words related to mirror neurons, “mirror,” “action,” and “understanding,” have begun to shift.

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通过词法的改变重新使镜像神经元着迷

最近的统计数据似乎表明，镜像神经元在科学界并没有保持其早期的辉煌形象。我们从回顾“镜像神经元”的概念历史开始讨论，特别注意在当前的科学景观中高度相关的单词的含义变化。这些语义变化表明，镜像神经元的研究仍然是认知科学中科学革命的核心，即使它们本身并不完全足够，正如本文的分析所揭示的那样。因此，在本文的后半部分，我们发现与镜像神经元相关的三个基本词“镜像”、“行动”和“理解”的含义已经开始发生变化。

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