Mirror Neurones – a vital foundation of human culture

Just how might a small change in our brains about a hundred thousand years ago made a huge difference in the way we are as a species?

World leading neurologist VS Ramachandran says that our mirror neurones are responsible for our great evolutionary leap forward. Our ability to learn quickly by imitating others meant that knowledge spread very quickly across human groups, and then down through time. In this stimulating short video from Ted.com, Dr Ramachandran takes us from the neurology to our ability to imitate and emulate and even to the Asian idea that we have no independent self.  

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