Answer:
c) mirror neuron
Explanation:
Here is the complete question:.
If a child is watching a favorite sibling getting scolded for misbehavior, which type of neuron is likely to be activated in an empathetic response to this observation?
a) sensory neuron
b) interneuron
c) mirror neuron
d) motor neuron
Answer:
Mirror Neuron.
Explanation:
When an individual observing the action of another subject, acts and performs the same action been observed, as the actual person performing the same action, then the type of neuron that carry out this act in the brain are called mirror neuron.
It is more pronounced in primates and birds and less observed in humans. However it may form the basis of learning of new skills by imitation and learning of new languages in humans.
Inferior frontal complex, and the superior parietal lobe of the cerebrum are the largest concentration of these neurons.
