Buggins wrote:
The controversial "broken mirror" hypothesis is brought up every once in a while, so what do you think about it?
Sympathetic/infectious laughter, for instance. How do you feel about the infamous laddergoat-video? (the relevant part starts about 20 into the video).
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggB33d0BLcY[/youtube]
I watched the video for a couple of minutes, the laughter scared me it was weird, loud and sounded like someone on drugs. I couldn't tell what they were laughing at, or whether this was a real life video or some sort of realistic CGI, but I thought maybe something cruel happened to the goat and I stopped watching it as I didn't like it.
Are mirror neurons supposed to be about mirroring peoples' actions and emotions?
One thing that I do, is when I'm watching something on TV I do sometimes mirror the expressions of the people on the screen, and it's something others have made fun of me for before. If something is e.g. a tense/scary moment, I will also frown and look horrified sometimes. I get drawn into things on TV.
I don't know if that's to do with what you refer to.
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