mirrorneuron

media type="custom" key="26471450" align="right"Mirror Neuron
related: buzzword bingo, empathy

A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another.

Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron