Tonight at footy training it was freezing, 3 degrees with a heavy fog. It had been a week since I last trained and I felt it, I should say the three burritos I stuffed in just before I left didn’t help either.
As I rest my aching body in front of the tele, a documentary called ‘The brain that changes it’s self.’ has just finished. (my house mate suggested reading the book)
Neuroscientist have recently uncovered the ‘mirror neuron’ or the ‘Gandhi’ Neuron. These neurons which normally fire when you poke the patient with a needle (pain neurons), will also fire when the patient watches another patient being poked. Neuroscientist are suggesting these mirror neurons are connected to empathy and that we are hardwired to share another persons feelings. As I Google ‘Mirror Neurons’ there are many more writings about this relatively new discovery. One short video used the yawn as an example of the mirror Neurons at work ....yawning can set off a chain reaction of yawns in others. This they suggest is connected to 'empathy'.
It sounds like these brain wizards are just entering an whole new realm of new understanding, one commentator said ‘at least one thing was clear: mirror neurons matter, and we are only beginning to understand how much and how.’
“The mirror neurons, it would seem, dissolve the barrier between self and others.”
……something to share with the footy team next week
yeah potter, delph and scoob will be entirely thrilled with this new understanding! hahaha ;)
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