What part of the brain is activated whenever a child enacts a particular behavior, but also whenever that child simply observes others around him/her who are carrying out the same behavior?

a) neural ganglia
b) cerebral cortex
c) cerebellum
d) mirror neurons

Answer is d) mirror neurons

Psychology

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a. common to an entire species. b. developed without practice. c. rigidly patterned. d. characterized by all the above.

Psychology