Golgi cells in the mirror

[Guest guest]

If you can tune in CBC Radio One:

 

This Week on Quirks & Quarks:

 

" I Feel Your Pain: The Science of Mirror Neurons. "

 

Fifteen years ago, scientists in Italy made a startling discovery,

while monitoring the brains of monkeys in a lab. When the monkeys

picked

up a peanut, a specific group of neurons in their brain lit up. But

when

the monkeys watched someone else picking up a peanut, the exact same

neurons were fired. They named these brain cells " mirror neurons " , and

their discovery has opened up whole new areas of brain research.

Scientists now believe that mirror neurons might help explain

everything

from autism to the acquisition of language and culture.

 

Plus - bugs raise a stink when they're hungry ....

 

All this and more on Quirks & Quarks, Saturday right after the noon

news on Radio One.

 

Bob McDonald

Host

 

This should be a neat show eh Pete..or do you think it'll be bs? ; - )

............bob