If you show a monkey that you are doing…

If you show a monkey that you are doing something with your hand-grasping a banana, for example-some of his same neurons will fire when he watches you grasp the banana as when he grasps the banana himself. Put differently, the neurons that fire when we execute an action of our own vicariously fire while watching the same action by another.

— from The Mind in the Cockpit

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• The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
• Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)

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