1. Introduction, p1-10; 2. I. Mirror neurons system - Past, present, and future of a discovery, p11; 3. The neural correlates of action understanding in non-human primates (by Fogassi, Leonardo), p13-35; 4. The mirror system in humans (by Rizzolatti, Giacomo), p37-59; 5. II. Further developments in the study of mirror neurons system and interpretations of its functions, p61; 6. Is the human brain unique? (by Roth, Gerhard), p63-76; 7. The co-evolution of language and working memory capacity in the human brain (by Gruber, Oliver), p77-86; 8. Episodic action memory: Characterization of the time course and neural circuitry (by Senkfor, Ava J.), p87-99; 9. The role of objects in imitation (by Wohlschlager, Andreas), p101-113; 10. The mirror system and joint action (by Knoblich, Gunther), p115-124; 11. Brain activation to passive observation of grasping actions (by McGlone, Francis), p125-134; 12. Mirror neurons and the self construct (by Vogeley, Kai), p135-150; 13. Behavioral synchronization in human conversational interaction (by Rotondo, Jennifer L.), p151-162; 14. Symmetry building and symmetry breaking in synchronized movement (by Boker, Steven M.), p163-171; 15. III. Mirror neurons system and the evolution of brain, communication, and language, p173; 16. On the evolutionary origin of language (by Li, Charles N.), p175-205; 17. Mirror neurons, vocal imitation, and the evolution of particulate speech (by Studdert-Kennedy, Michael), p207-227; 18. Constitutive features of human dialogic interaction: Mirror neurons and what they tell us about human abilities (by Weigand, Edda), p229-248; 19. Some features that make mirror neurons and human language faculty unique (by Stamenov, Maxim I.), p249-271; 20. Altercentric perception by infants and adults in dialogue: Ego's virtual participation in Alter's complementary act (by Braten, Stein), p273-294; 21. Visual attention and self-grooming behaviors among four-month-old infants: Indirect evidence pointing to a developmental role for mirror neurons (by Anderson, Samuel W.), p295-304; 22. The role of mirror neurons in the ontogeny of speech (by Vihman, Marilyn), p305-314; 23. Mirror neurons' registration of biological motion: A resource for evolution of communication and cognitive/linguistic meaning (by McCune, Loraine), p315-322; 24. Looking for neural answers to linguistic questions (by Bichakjian, Bernard H.), p323-331; 25. Mirror neurons and cultural transmission (by Morrison, India), p333-340; 26. IV. Applications, p341; 27. Mirror neurons and the neural basis for learning by imitation: Computational modeling (by Billard, Aude), p343-352; 28. Mirror neurons and feedback learning (by Womble, Steve), p353-362; 29. A connectionist model which unifies the behavioral and the linguistic processes: Results from robot learning experiments (by Sugita, Yuuya), p363-376; 30. Name index, p377-383; 31. Subject index, p385-390
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