Mirror neurons fire when you watch someone else act
Some motor-related cells activate both when you grasp a cup and when you watch someone else grasp one — a mirror-like response studied first in primates, then in humans.
Researchers still debate how central they are to empathy, but the overlap helps explain why watching a skill can prime your own muscles.
Seeing is a rehearsal. Your brain partly runs the action it observes before you ever move.
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