Abstract: The discovery of DNA in 1953 means the life sciences’ golden time’s coming. More than 50 years later, a new nerve scientific discovery—mirror neurons are becoming the “Study Beloved”, which were considered to be equally important as DNA. Mirror neurons, a special kind of neurons, exist in primates and human beings, discharge both when individuals execute actions and when they observe others do the same actions. This article provides an overview about the discovery of mirror neurons and introduces some main research progresses.

Key words: mirror neuron，action recognition，intentional attunement，emotion experience