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Here is a neuron that fires when I reach and grab something, but it also fires when I watch Joe reaching and grabbing something. ... It's as though this neuron is adopting the other person's point of view.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Fire, Views, Brain
"The neurons that shaped civilization". TEDIndia Talk, www.ted.com. November 2009.
Here is a neuron that fires when I reach and grab something, but it also fires when I watch Joe reaching and grabbing something. ... It's as though this neuron is adopting the other person's point of view.