All our social interactions require us to anticipate another person’s undecided intentions and actions. Now, researchers have discovered specific brain cells that allow monkeys to do this. It is likely that the cells do the same job in humans. Keren Haroush, instructor in neurosurgery and Ziv Williams, associate professor of neurosurgery, both of Massachusetts General Hospital, led the study.
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