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Molnar-Szakacs and Iacoboni wanted to investigate the imprint of culture on the so-called mirror neuron network. Mirror neurons in the brain fire not only when an individual performs a particular action but also when he or she watches another individual perform that same action. Neuroscientists believe this "mirroring" is the mechanism by

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