Mirror neurons are premotor neurons, originally discovered in the
macaque brain , that discharge both during execution of
goal-directed actions and during the observation of similar actions
executed by another individual. They therefore 'mirror' others'
actions on the observer's motor repertoire. In the last decade an
impressive amount of work has been devoted to the study of their
properties and to investigate if they are present also in our
species. Neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques have
shown that a mirror-neuron system does exist in the human brain as
well. Among 'mirror' human areas, Broca's area (the frontal area
for speech production) is almost constantly activated by action
observation. This suggests a possible evolutionary link between
action understanding and verbal communication. In the most recent
years, mirror-like phenomena have been demonstrated also for
domains others than the pure motor one. Examples of that are the
somatosensory and the emotional systems, possibly providing a
neurophysiological basis to phenomena such as embodiment and
empathy. This special issue collects some of the most
representative works on the mirror-neuron system to give a
panoramic view on current research and to stimulate new experiments
in this exciting field.
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