Neurons That Fire Not Only When a Person Enacts a Particular

question 73

Short Answer

Neurons that fire not only when a person enacts a particular behavior,but also when a person observes another individual carrying out the same behavior,are known as ___________.

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Definitions:

Source-monitoring Error

A memory error where an individual cannot accurately recall the origin of a memory, leading to misattribution of the source.

Cryptomnesia

A memory bias that occurs when a person mistakenly believes a thought or idea is new or original, when it is actually a memory from the past.

Serial-position Effect

A psychological phenomenon where people tend to remember the first and last items in a series better than those in the middle.

Ebbinghaus

Refers to Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist known for his research on memory and the forgetting curve.