19 Apr Chihuahua doing yoga. Mirror neurons in action
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Personally, I want to believe in the cuteness factor – purely.
Yet, it’s more likely that the Chihuahua is connected to its owner through mirror neuronsobserves behavior in another. Ever had the experience of realizing you just scratched your head when someone you were talking with was scratching their head? Well, that’s what researchers discovered about people and animal connections. Researchers are now exploring how emotional connections happen, especially through empathy and compassion. Seeing is the same as doing.
NOVA has a great video exploring this: “….there’s a place in my mind whose job is to live in other people’s minds…..” This allows us to connection emotionally, to realize what another person’s perspective is. Here’s the link. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/mirror-neurons.html