You and your friends are watching the FIFA World Cup games 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 and joke that you would never try that manoeuvre on the sports field.Researchers have argued that __________ are responsible for this type of observational learning.

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Mirror neurons are responsible for observational learning and have been shown to activate in response to witnessing someone else perform an action or experiencing an emotion. They play a crucial role in empathy, social cognition, and imitation. When we see someone get injured, our mirror neurons are activated and we can perceive or imagine the pain they are feeling, leading us to wince in sympathy.

You and Your Friends Are Watching the FIFA World Cup