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Alyssa is a participant in an experiment where the researcher is measuring her neuronal response to different stimuli. The findings indicate that her neurons fire when she hammers a nail and when she hears the sound associated with hammering a nail. What are these neurons called?

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Answer: Audiovisual mirror neurons and action recognition

Step-by-step explanation:

These are groups of neurons in the ventral premotor complex, that discharge responses both when the an individual performs a specific action and when he hears or see the same action executed by another person.

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