What Do Mirror Neurons Really Do?

Mirror neurons are a very cool part of our brains but some people are taking it way further by making claims that they are responsible for telepathy and ESP. It goes without saying that this isn’t true, but what exactly do mirror neurons really do?

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Sources:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/debunking-myths-the-mind/201804/the-biology-telepathy

Mirror Neurons

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mirroring-behavior/
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF00230027.pdf
https://www.cin.ucsf.edu/~sabes/SensorimotorCortex/PMv.htm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982216311927
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF00230027.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21335939
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f021/aaa603c53818de888dabfdd7b06623a76adf.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15217330
https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.dartmouth.edu/dist/4/26/files/2012/09/Cross-2009-EJN.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971903
https://psyarxiv.com/6bu4p/
http://nautil.us/blog/mirror-neurons-are-essential-but-not-in-the-way-you-think
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/do_mirror_neurons_give_empathy

Image Sources:
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/neuron-diagram-gm531825569-55734712
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Superior_temporal_gyrus_lateral.png