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 Ramachandran has also been an outspoken proponent of the notion that mirror neurons play an important role in the evolution of language and culture. This skill is vital for the formation of culture and language, as he has suggested.  Ramachandran has also been an outspoken proponent of the notion that mirror neurons play an important role in the evolution of language and culture. This skill is vital for the formation of culture and language, as he has suggested. 
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 +**On the significance of mirror neurons:** "//The discovery of mirror neurons in the frontal lobes of monkeys, and their potential relevance to human brain evolution... is the single most important 'unreported' story of the decade//."
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 +**On their role in understanding others:** "//Mirror neurons will do for psychology what DNA did for biology: they will provide a unifying framework and help explain a host of mental abilities that have hitherto remained mysterious and inaccessible//."
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 +**On the implications for empathy and learning:**"//We are essentially soft-wired to experience another's plight as if we are experiencing it ourselves. Mirror neurons allow us to grasp the minds of others not through conceptual reasoning but through direct simulation//."
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