How Long to Read Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions

How Long Does it Take to Read Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions by Giacomo Rizzolatti

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Emotions and actions are powerfully contagious; when we see someone laugh, cry, show disgust, or experience pain, in some sense, we share that emotion. When we see someone in distress, we share that distress. When we see a great actor, musician or sportsperson perform at the peak of their abilities, it can feel like we are experiencing just something of what they are experiencing. Yet only recently, with the discover of mirror neurons, has it become clear just how this powerfulsharing of experience is realised within the human brain. This book provides, for the first time, a systematic overview of mirror neurons, written by the man who first discovered them.In the early 1990's Giacomo Rizzolatti and his co-workers at the University of Parma discovered that some neurons had a surprising property. They responded not only when a subject performed a given action, but also when the subject oberved someone else performing that same action. These results had a deep impact on cognitive neuroscience, leading the neuroscientist VS Ramachandran to predict that 'mirror neurons would do for psychology what DNA did for biology'. The unexpected properties ofthese neurons have not only attracted the attention of neuroscientists. Many sociologists, anthropologists, and even artists have been fascinated by mirror neurons. The director and playwright Peter Brook stated that mirror neurons throw new light on the mysterious link that is created each time actorstake the stage and face their audience - the sight of a great actor performing activates in the brain of the observer the very same areas that are active in the performer - including both their actions and their emotions.Written in a highly accessible style, that conveys something of the excitement of this groundbreaking theory, Mirrors in the brain is the definitive account of one the major scientific discoveries of the past 50 years.

How long is Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions?

Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions by Giacomo Rizzolatti is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions aloud.

What Reading Level is Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions?

Mirrors in the Brain: How our minds share actions and emotions is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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