Table 2: Mirror neuron system (MNS) in humans.

Brain area

Empathy circuit

Pars opercularis in inferior frontal gyrus

#3 (cognitive)

Rostral part of Inferior parietal lobe

#8 (affective)

Ventral premotor cortex

#9 (affective)

Insula

#5 (affective)

Amygdala

#10 (affective)

 

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