However, there is also evidence against the link between mirror neurons and theory of mind.

Mirror neurons work best in real life, when people are face to face.

Many studies link mirror neurons to understanding goals and intentions.

Mirror neurons seem to analyzed scenes and to read minds.

Note: As of 2005 mirror neurons have been observed to fire before an anticipated event.

Because of mirror neurons, you can read my intentions.

Mirror neurons provide clues to how children learn: they kick in at birth.

Mirror neurons are believed to mediate the understanding of other animals' behaviour.

Mirror neurons do not respond to the action with tools like pliers.

Mirror neurons and the social nature of language: The neural exploitation hypothesis.

Mirror neurons have been identified that both process the perception and production of motor movements.

Ramachandran is known for advocating the importance of mirror neurons.

Mirror neurons are thought to play a role in the interpersonal characteristics of body schema.

Young children use "mirror neurons" to imitate and learn.

In more recent times, a theory of mirror neurons has emerged in relation to language.

Mirror neurons fired on both visible and invisible conditions.

Mirror neurons make these complex cells look like numbskulls.

Autism, some researchers believe, may involve broken mirror neurons.

New science also suggests that people have "mirror neurons," which make them feel what someone else is experiencing, be it joy or distress.

In other words, the function of some mirror neurons is to instantly anticipate and prepare a response to an observed action.

Two sets of evidence suggest that mirror neurons in the monkey have a role in action understanding.

Second, responses of mirror neurons to same actions are different depending on context of the action.

Though mirror neurons were first discovered in macaques, their discovery also relates to humans.

This has led to suggestions that human language evolved from a gesture performance/understanding system implemented in mirror neurons.

A similar phenomenon in which mirror neurons are used to explain the cause is contagious yawning.