On Being Moved: From Mirror Neurons to Empathy

On Being Moved. From Mirror Neurons to Empathy......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
A paradigmatic revolution......Page 13
On Part I: Introducing the matrix and multiple layers of intersubjectivity......Page 14
On Part II: Relating intersubjectivity in humans to the discovery of mirror neurons......Page 17
On Part III: From preverbal to verbal intersubjectivity in child development......Page 21
On Part IV: Applications and therapeutic implications of the intersubjective matrix......Page 23
Notes and acknowledgments......Page 26
References......Page 27
Introducing the matrix and multiple layers of intersubjectivity and empathy......Page 30
Modes of intersubjectivity......Page 32
Musicality in communication before language......Page 38
Neurophysiological support and questions about phylogeny......Page 39
Implications for the evolution of speech?......Page 40
Notes......Page 41
References......Page 42
Introduction......Page 46
Neuroscience findings......Page 47
Developmental findings on intersubjectivity......Page 49
The intersubjective matrix......Page 51
Some clinical implications: Now moment and moment of meeting......Page 53
In summary......Page 54
References......Page 55
The \'Russian doll\' model of empathy and imitation......Page 60
What is empathy?......Page 63
Anecdotes of \"changing places in fancy\'\'......Page 65
Consolation behaviour......Page 67
Russian doll model......Page 70
Acting like others......Page 73
Note......Page 75
References......Page 76
Mirror neurons and origins of neurosocial support of (pre)verbal intersubjectivity and altercentricity......Page 82
Introduction......Page 84
Mirror neurons: Monkey data......Page 85
The mirror neuron system for actions in humans......Page 88
Mirror neurons and primary intersubjectivity: Behavioural studies on synchrony and infant imitation in human and nonhuman primates......Page 89
Mirror neurons and the understanding of intentions......Page 93
Mirroring emotions and sensations......Page 95
Conclusion......Page 96
References......Page 97
Views into human brain function......Page 100
MEG studies of the human mirror system......Page 102
Imitation and the mirror-neuron system......Page 104
Predictions and goals in social interaction......Page 105
Body as the display site of the mind......Page 107
Staying tuned with multiple mirroring systems......Page 108
References......Page 109
Introduction......Page 112
Mirror-neuron system in humans......Page 113
What links hand actions with speech?......Page 116
Conclusions......Page 118
References......Page 119
Altercentric infants and adults......Page 122
Newborn imitation......Page 125
When infants have learnt by imitation to feed a companion......Page 126
Learning by altercentric participation leaving the learner with an `e-motional\' memory......Page 128
Mirror reversal entailed in imitative face-to-face situations......Page 129
Computational \'network\' simulation model explorations......Page 130
A question about the potential role of cerebellum......Page 131
From comparative studies of infant-adult interaction in humans and chimpanzees......Page 132
The Hominin Infant Decentration Hypothesis......Page 133
On the path to mind-reading......Page 135
The listener during verbal conversation......Page 136
Self-simulation versus other-simulation......Page 138
Manifestations of altercentricity at the layer of primary intersubjectivity......Page 139
Manifestations of altercentricity at the layer of secondary intersubjectivity......Page 140
Note......Page 141
References......Page 142
Appendix On the difference between imitation and anticipatory embodied simulation......Page 145
Introduction......Page 148
The behavioural phenotype......Page 149
Comparison with adult-onset aphasia and speech dyspraxia......Page 151
Morphological brain abnormalities......Page 152
Brain functional abnormalities......Page 153
Functional abnormalities during overt generation and repetition task......Page 154
The frontostriatal system and speech and language function......Page 155
References......Page 156
From preverbal to verbal intersubjectivity in child development......Page 158
Intersubjectivity before language......Page 160
The myth of the asocial infant......Page 161
Background and significance......Page 162
Data and theory......Page 163
Background and significance......Page 165
Data and theory......Page 166
Data and theory......Page 170
Data and theory......Page 171
Data and theory......Page 172
Posing the problem......Page 174
Innate human intersubjectivity......Page 175
A mechanism of change for enriching intersubjectivity......Page 176
Overturning the myth of the asocial newborn......Page 177
Note......Page 178
References......Page 179
Early speech perception......Page 186
Overview of developmental speech perception research......Page 187
Native language learning drives the development of native-like speech perception......Page 188
Phonetic perception in infants exposed to a second language at 9-10 months......Page 190
The social and cultural relevance of shared speech perception......Page 194
Social-cognitive factors in the development of speech perception......Page 196
Current research and future directions......Page 198
A final note about cultural diversity in language learning......Page 200
References......Page 201
Socialization: Subject and structure......Page 212
Action and structure. Human beings conceived as over- and under-socialized......Page 213
Action and intersubjectivity......Page 214
Nature and culture......Page 216
Subject and society: Child\'s path into the social......Page 217
Communication, intersubjectivity, and dialogue......Page 218
The virtual other and the self as dialogue......Page 219
Identity, culture, and dialogue......Page 221
Dialogue and epistemology......Page 223
Intersubjectivity, the nurture assumption, and the company of peers......Page 224
Acknowledgment......Page 226
References......Page 227
The intersubjectivity of imagination......Page 230
Imagination revisited......Page 231
The case and studies of imaginary companions......Page 236
Results......Page 237
Discussion......Page 239
A new prologue for imagination?......Page 240
References......Page 241
Applications and therapeutic implications......Page 246
The questions......Page 248
The primary cycle of care......Page 249
When empathic care is obstructed......Page 250
When children are negatively defined and stigmatised......Page 251
Objectification and abuse......Page 253
The zone of intimacy......Page 254
Inclusion into the zone through face-to-face and gaze contact (p) -> P......Page 258
Inclusion in the zone of intimacy through sensitive touch and bodily contact......Page 260
Inclusion in the zone of intimacy through imitation and sympathetic participation in the child\'s initiatives and activities......Page 261
The ethics of closeness and the primary cycle of care......Page 263
Notes......Page 264
References......Page 266
On destiny......Page 268
Family disseminate archives......Page 269
Family disseminate archives in light of poetry and Bråten\'s and Stern\'s theories......Page 271
Two cases of psychotherapy and counselling......Page 275
References......Page 278
Introduction......Page 280
Basic hypotheses, material and methods of the project......Page 281
The psychobiological founded source of musicality of the human being......Page 283
Interaction and shared experience......Page 284
The esthetical perspective......Page 285
Using something else than training as a starting point or laissez faire......Page 286
Lasse, an example......Page 287
Acknowledgment......Page 288
References......Page 289
Communicative musicality is part of us, the way we converse by moving......Page 292
Innate rhythms and expressions of relating......Page 294
Moving to move others......Page 299
An exact science of musical movement......Page 300
Being moved by song......Page 302
Acknowledgements......Page 308
References......Page 309
On circular re-enactment of care and abuse, and on other-centred  moments in psychotherapy......Page 314
When toddlers afford proto-care, even altruism......Page 315
Empirical support: Abused toddlers are more likely to become abusive than other toddlers, and many adult abusers have been childhood victims of abuse......Page 316
Therapeutic dialogue in the intersubjective present......Page 318
Avoiding being the narrative editor (Anderson)......Page 319
The present moment in psychotherapy (Stern)......Page 320
Sentence-completion as indication of an other-centred moment of meeting......Page 322
Closing comment on therapeutic implications......Page 323
References......Page 324
Author index......Page 326
Subject index......Page 332
The series Advances in Consciousness Research......Page 346