Question

The discovery of "mirror neurons" in monkeys, while not yet established in humans, has stimulated new hypotheses regarding the origins of ____.

a. depression
b. bipolar disorder
c. schizophrenia
d. autism

Answer 1

Answer is D. Autism.

Step-by-step explanation:

Autism is known to be characterized by repetitive behavior or a condition involving repetitive behavior.

Note that , mirror neurons are essential for imitation. That is , they are neurons that got activated when seeing an action being performed.

The mirror neurons were said to be discovered by Rizzolatti and his colleagues around 1980s.