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Mirroring cannot account for understanding action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2008

Jeremy I. M. Carpendale  and
Charlie Lewis
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
Charlie Lewis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Fylde College, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YF, United Kingdom. [email protected]@lancsater.ac.ukhttp://www.psyc.sfu.ca/people/faculty.php?topic=finf&id=67http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/CharlieLewis.html
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Abstract

Susan Hurley's shared circuits model (SCM) rightly begins in action and progresses through a series of layers; but it fails to reach action understanding because it relies on mirroring as a driving force, draws on heavily criticized theories, and neglects the need for shared experience in our grasp of social understanding.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 23 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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