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The Mirror System Hypothesis

The Mirror System Hypothesis (MSH) is the hypothesis that the language-ready brain has its evolutionary origins in the manual motor system and suggests seven stages in an evolutionary progression from grasping to language.

S1 - Grasping

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Fagg-Arbib-Rizzolatti-Sakata (FARS)

Infant Learning to Grasp Model (ILGM)

Infant Learning Grasping and Affordances (ILGA)

S2 - Mirror Systems for Grasping

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Mirror Neuron System (MNS)

Mirror Neuron System model 2 (MNS2)

S2.5 - Monkey "Imitative" Behavior

S3-4 - Imitation

S3 - Simple Imitation

S4 - Complex Imitation

S4.5 - Pantomime

S5 - Protosign

S6 - Protospeech

S7 - Language

Basal Ganglia

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Augmented Competitive Queueing (ACQ)

hierarchical Augmented Competitive Queuing (hACQ)

Stroke Recovery

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Interdisciplinary Study of Neuroplasticity and Stroke Rehabilitation (ISNSR)