{"id":404,"date":"2010-01-12T08:11:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T13:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=404"},"modified":"2018-09-10T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T19:08:08","slug":"web-exclusive-video-mirror-neurons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/video\/web-exclusive-video-mirror-neurons\/404\/","title":{"rendered":"Web-Exclusive Video: Mirror Neurons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One stop on Alan Alda\u2019s <em>Human Spark<\/em> journey was a visit with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbd.ucla.edu\/bios\/iacoboni.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Iacoboni<\/a> at UCLA. Marco\u2019s area of interest is mirror neurons. These cells in our brains are each active when we perform very particular tasks \u2013 such as picking up a fork, or slamming a door \u2013 and also when we are simply watching someone else do that same task. 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