After 3-month-old Sayuri watches her father stick out his tongue, she sticks out her own tongue too. It is likely that ________ are involved in Sayuri's learning and imitation of this behavior.

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Mirror neurons are involved in the imitation of behaviors by firing both when an individual performs an action and when they observe the same action performed by another. This neural mechanism is thought to underlie the ability to imitate and learn from others' behaviors, as demonstrated by Sayuri imitating her father's action of sticking out his tongue.

After 3-Month-Old Sayuri Watches Her Father Stick Out His Tongue