Where do premonitions come from and why do we open our mouths when we are spoon-feeding a baby? How do we model the feelings, moods, and sensations of another person? The German neuroscientist and psychologist Joachim Bauer was the first to give a detailed, convincing and … revolutionary answer to these questions.
Where do premonitions come from and why do we open our mouths when we are spoon-feeding a baby? How do we model the feelings, moods, and sensations of another person, and why is it so difficult to make contact with an autistic person? The German neuroscientist and psychologist Joachim Bauer was the first to give a detailed, convincing and … revolutionary answer to these questions. It turns out that the secret is in mirror neurons, thanks to which intuitive communication, empathy, love, and social connections in general are possible. A mirror neuron is a nerve cell in the brain that is activated when an action is performed and (attention!) when another person performs this action. In other words, our neural networks reflect what we perceive, but what is not happening to us. About what this means for emotions and relationships, for education and evolution, for medicine and self-understanding, and this very lively «encyclopedia of reflections» is written.
Werner Regen Publishing, 2009, p.112.