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Flashcards by Natalia Vera, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Natalia Vera
about 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Example of our built-in, wired-into-the-brain capacity for imitation. Benefit as a designer? | In your design you may use this knowledge to influence behavior. |
| Mirror Neurons | The starting point of empathy. |
| Premotor Cortex | Located in the front of the brain. |
| Motor as in... | Movement |
| Premotor cortex | Makes PLANS to move. |
| TRUE or FALSE: Premotor cortex is the part of the brain that actually sends out the signals that MAKE YOU MOVE. | FALSE; that part of the brain is called: The Primary Motor Cortex. |
| Then, which is the part of the brain that makes PLANS to move? | THE PREMOTOR CORTEX! |
| True or false: Just by watching other people take action causes some of the same neurons to fire as if you are actually taking action yourself... | TRUE; this subset of neurons has been dubbed MIRROR NEURONS. |
| True or false: Mimicking other people's body language makes them like you more... | TRUE |
| Vilayanur Ramachadran | One of the leading researchers in mirror neurons. The following is about a TED talk about his research on this subject: http://but.ly/aaiXba |
| True or false: You could use stories if you want to get people to take action. | TRUE; research shows that stories create images in the mind that may also trigger mirror neurons. |
| What kind of video should be shown if the intention is for people to get a flu shot? | Showing a video of other people in line at a clinic getting a flu shot. |
| If the intention is to get kids to eat their veggies what kind of video should be shown? | Other kids eating their veggies. (As simple as that-Mirror neurons at work!) |
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