Abstract (may include machine translation)
This chapter reviews current evidence on mirroring in an attempt to identify what the mirror system can and cannot do for embodied communication. It asks what mirroring does and does not buy us, discussing its role in understanding and predicting others' behaviour, and in creating emotional bonds with others. More sophisticated social interactions that involve imitation, joint attention, joint action, mind reading, or verbal communication require additional cognitive mechanisms. This chapter specifies how different cognitive functions could control and interact with mirroring in order to enable these social skills.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Embodied Communication in Humans and Machines |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 129–150 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191696527 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199231751 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 22 Mar 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cognitive mechanisms
- Embodied communication
- Imitation
- Joint action
- Joint attention
- Mind reading
- Mirroring
- Social interaction
- Verbal communication