Figure 7.

Average ensemble activity of mirror neurons increased specifically in relation to helping and nose interaction behaviors

Photographs, illustration of rat helping behavior (left), nose interaction (middle), and opening an empty restrainer (control open; right). n = 7, 7 and 6 mirror neurons in rescuing (A), nose interaction (B), and control open (C), respectively; n = 7, 7 and 7 anti-mirror neurons in rescuing (D), nose interaction (E), and control open (F), respectively; Values in the Yaxis are normalized Z-scores calculated from baseline activities 5 to 10 s before the onset of gate-opening behaviors. Bin size = 250 ms. Data are presented as mean ± SEM ∗p< 0.05, one-sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test.