{"id":"https://openalex.org/W19969231","doi":null,"title":"Mirror neurons and the art of acting","display_name":"Mirror neurons and the art of acting","publication_year":2008,"publication_date":"2008-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W19969231","mag":"19969231"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca:976294","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/976294/1/MR63217.pdf","pdf_url":"https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/976294/1/MR63217.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400871","display_name":"Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I60158472","host_organization_name":"Concordia University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Graduate Projects (Non-thesis)"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Andrea Brassard","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Andrea Brassard","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11431","display_name":"Action Observation and Synchronization","score":0.454800009727478,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11431","display_name":"Action Observation and Synchronization","score":0.454800009727478,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12372","display_name":"Art Therapy and Mental Health","score":0.31299999356269836,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11391","display_name":"Theatre and Performance Studies","score":0.19189999997615814,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1213","display_name":"Visual Arts and Performing Arts"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mirror-neuron-system","display_name":"mirror neuron system","score":0.925000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/acting","display_name":"acting","score":0.984000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drama-therapy","display_name":"drama therapy","score":0.9210000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empathy","display_name":"empathy","score":0.5270000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/self-understanding","display_name":"self-understanding","score":0.7699999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/understanding-others","display_name":"understanding others","score":0.6919999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human-nature","display_name":"human nature","score":0.5289999842643738}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C523419034","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25372","display_name":"Drama","level":2,"score":0.8331124186515808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136617856","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309082","display_name":"Mirror neuron","level":2,"score":0.8073521852493286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775922551","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7135033","display_name":"Parallels","level":2,"score":0.7743960022926331},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777688632","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2527498","display_name":"Drama therapy","level":3,"score":0.5411284565925598},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4594271183013916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124304363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673661","display_name":"Abstraction","level":2,"score":0.44249510765075684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.4220195412635803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.347958505153656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107038049","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35986","display_name":"Aesthetics","level":1,"score":0.34781613945961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.22955647110939026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.22726929187774658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153349607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649","display_name":"Visual arts","level":1,"score":0.15572309494018555},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.10446035861968994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0962226390838623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca:976294","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/976294/1/MR63217.pdf","pdf_url":"https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/976294/1/MR63217.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400871","display_name":"Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I60158472","host_organization_name":"Concordia University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Graduate Projects (Non-thesis)"},{"id":"mag:19969231","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/976294/","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":33,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W97053343","https://openalex.org/W599028021","https://openalex.org/W620122652","https://openalex.org/W640351954","https://openalex.org/W1526400779","https://openalex.org/W1526915519","https://openalex.org/W1542646692","https://openalex.org/W1556812047","https://openalex.org/W1560329227","https://openalex.org/W1566071953","https://openalex.org/W1593516803","https://openalex.org/W1603694712","https://openalex.org/W1748703215","https://openalex.org/W2013274056","https://openalex.org/W2025642716","https://openalex.org/W2075777657","https://openalex.org/W2085059627","https://openalex.org/W2085612867","https://openalex.org/W2090004055","https://openalex.org/W2094185284","https://openalex.org/W2099639522","https://openalex.org/W2108254758","https://openalex.org/W2111754927","https://openalex.org/W2114224919","https://openalex.org/W2135036523","https://openalex.org/W2140883320","https://openalex.org/W2152752021","https://openalex.org/W2154561578","https://openalex.org/W2158118869","https://openalex.org/W2170194348","https://openalex.org/W2480728306","https://openalex.org/W3022532439","https://openalex.org/W7131787256"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2498736818","https://openalex.org/W2339156876","https://openalex.org/W4298137116","https://openalex.org/W12269157","https://openalex.org/W3144048116","https://openalex.org/W2338711305","https://openalex.org/W2346424368","https://openalex.org/W2110631042","https://openalex.org/W7005730931","https://openalex.org/W7213463038"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,110],"theoretical":[1],"paper":[2],"explores":[3],"the":[4,7,12,48,59,63,66,78,106,115,129,146,155,158,167,177,188],"parallels":[5],"between":[6,24],"mirror":[8,107,116,134],"neuron":[9,108,117,135],"system":[10,118,136],"and":[11,27,36,44,55,77,81,98,124,157,183],"art":[13,67,130,147],"of":[14,41,68,74,83,96,122,128,131,140,148,154,166,169,176,179,184],"acting.":[15,132],"It":[16],"aims":[17],"to":[18,34,45,47,101,144,172],"establish":[19],"a":[20,71,102,120,173],"fruitful":[21],"multidisciplinary":[22],"encounter":[23],"actors,":[25],"neuroscientists,":[26],"drama":[28,52,180,185],"therapists":[29],"which":[30,143,160],"will":[31,112],"allow":[32],"them":[33],"compliment":[35],"deepen":[37],"each":[38],"other's":[39],"exploration":[40],"being":[42],"human,":[43],"add":[46],"current":[49],"literature":[50,61],"on":[51,105],"therapy.":[53],"Consistent":[54],"pervasive":[56],"throughout":[57],"all":[58],"acting":[60,69,170],"is":[62],"message":[64],"that":[65,94],"requires":[70],"profound":[72],"understanding":[73,82,95,127,153,165,175],"human":[75],"nature,":[76],"astute":[79],"observation":[80],"others":[84,99],"as":[85,87,119],"well":[86],"oneself.":[88],"Modem":[89],"neurological":[90],"findings":[91],"tell":[92],"us":[93],"self":[97],"relies":[100],"large":[103],"extent":[104],"system.":[109],"study":[111],"look":[113],"at":[114,142],"means":[121],"clarifying":[123],"expanding":[125],"our":[126,152],"The":[133],"provides":[137],"another":[138],"level":[139],"abstraction":[141],"understand":[145],"acting,":[149],"thus":[150],"broadening":[151],"art,":[156],"processes":[159,168],"drive":[161],"it.":[162],"A":[163],"deeper":[164],"leads":[171],"greater":[174],"role":[178],"in":[181,187],"therapy,":[182],"therapy":[186],"larger":[189],"community.":[190]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}