You and your friends are watching a football game on television, and one of the players gets badly injured. Each of you winces in pain almost as if you could feel or imagine the injury. Researchers have argued that __________ are responsible for this type of observational learning.

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Mirror neurons are responsible for observational learning and the ability to empathize with others. They are activated both when we perform an action and when we observe someone else performing the same action, allowing us to understand and learn from others' behavior. This includes feeling the pain of others, as we may activate the same neurons responsible for our own experience of pain.

You and Your Friends Are Watching a Football Game on Television