Quote Originally Posted by Korpsy Knievel View Post
What's your take on mirror neurons and have you considered their implications in the interpersonal dynamics you just mentioned?
I'm a little rusty on this subject. I took a neurobiology course, but it was quite some time ago.

My understanding of mirror neurons is that they trigger mostly with visual stimulation and play a large part in our abilities to read emotions and learn physical things (by this I mean how to tie ones shoes, not important dates in the civil war). I've also read that they play a strong role in human empathy.

I have fine motor skill issues (dysgraphia etc.), and I've flunked those emotion reading tests when I was a kid, so the suggestion that I am lacking in mirror neurons would not be unfounded. I'm not sure it plays much of a role of my lack of desire to socialize, although one possible thesis is that a brain lacking in mirror neurons does not receive as much stimulation during social interactions.