By the age of three, children are capable of understanding others, “mirroring” those they are with to imitate and anticipate their intentions. They are able to do it thanks to the sophisticated neurofunctional architecture that is necessary to understand others’ intentions, the mirror neurons, that are already active at this age. This is according to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, led by the collaboration between Giacomo Rizzolatti of the University of Parma, the scientist who discovered mirror neurons, and the research group composed of Cinzia Di Dio, Laura Miraglia, Giulia Peretti and Read More
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