Experimenters Have Identified the Specific Motor Neurons Involved in Simple

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Multiple Choice

Experimenters have identified the specific motor neurons involved in simple behavior. In one experiment, they discovered that the neuronal activity in the brain of a monkey who simply watched another monkey pick up and eat a peanut was the same as the brain activity of the monkey actually performing these actions. This research is concerned with:

• A)the partial reinforcement effect.
• B)learned helplessness.
• C)mirror neurons and the mirror neuron system.
• D)biological preparedness.

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