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Researchers hypothesized that mirror neurons provide a basic mechanism for simple _____, allowing researchers to directly examine the mechanisms better.

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Mirror neurons play an important role in learning motor tasks involving hand eye coordination, and acquisition of language skills. Based from the observation of researchers, mirror neurons has introduced a basic mechanism for simple imitation, allowing them to directly examine the mechanism for both learning and empathizing in social situations of humans and animals.

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