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The mirror matching system: A shared manifold for intersubjectivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Vittorio Gallese ,
Pier Francesco Ferrari  and
Maria Alessandra Umiltà
Vittorio Gallese
Affiliation:
Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università di Parma, I-43100 Parma, Italy vittorio.gallese@unipr.it ferrari@biol.unipr.it maumilta@unipr.it
Pier Francesco Ferrari
Affiliation:
Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università di Parma, I-43100 Parma, Italy vittorio.gallese@unipr.it ferrari@biol.unipr.it maumilta@unipr.it
Maria Alessandra Umiltà
Affiliation:
Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università di Parma, I-43100 Parma, Italy vittorio.gallese@unipr.it ferrari@biol.unipr.it maumilta@unipr.it
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Abstract

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Empathy is the phenomenal experience of mirroring ourselves into others. It can be explained in terms of simulations of actions, sensations, and emotions which constitute a shared manifold for intersubjectivity. Simulation, in turn, can be sustained at the subpersonal level by a series of neural mirror matching systems.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 35 - 36
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press