Spent an energizing day at the CSTD conference where Dave Chalk gave an enlightening presentation about his challenges growing up with dyslexia and how mirror neurons can play a role in learning. He calls it the most significant scientific discovery since DNA. The implications are definitely fascinating.
Mirror neurons explain our ability to empathize with others and to see an action and repeat it, like monkey see, monkey do. There's a study of dancers showing how the visual brain and the movement control brain (pre-motor cortex) respond to watching movement - truly fascinating stuff. It made me remember my years of Ukrainian dancing when our instructor would say "mirror image me" and we'd have to follow him on the spot, and somehow we did it.
Google it and research for yourself. Let me know what you come up with.
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