mirror stage

In terms of Lacan, Mirror stage does not means the real mirror, it means the mimic motions, the way that reflect ourselves from others sight. There are lots of mirror stage situations in our regular life, the way we see others and project that emotion on ourselves, including the discussions and the interactions with people, the motions we have during these activities are able to affect the idea that we think about ourselves. We would choose one mirror stage as a template, when this template is no longer accurate, which may fail by reality, it will transform into another that is more appropriate.

The thing that babies do is to know their selves from mirror. At first, they are not able to know what is that in the mirror. After a period they realize that all the motion they do to the mirror can trigger the image in the mirror some movement. This is the first step a baby to have a concept about themselves, and also a concept of narcissism.  Mimic is also the way that babies get to understand the world and people around them. This motion is for them to learning all the behaviors from environment.

Mirror neuron is the neuron that triggers these mimic abilities to happen. “The function of the mirror system is a subject of much speculation. Many researchers in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive psychology consider that this system provides the physiological mechanism for the perception/action coupling (see the common coding theory). They argue that mirror neurons may be important for understanding the actions of other people, and for learning new skills by imitation. Some researchers also speculate that mirror systems may simulate observed actions, and thus contribute to theory of mind skills, while others relate mirror neurons to language abilities. Neuroscientists such as Marco Iacoboni (UCLA) have argued that mirror neuron systems in the human brain help us understand the actions and intentions of other people. In a study published in March 2005 Iacoboni and his colleagues reported that mirror neurons could discern if another person who was picking up a cup of tea planned to drink from it or clear it from the table. In addition, Iacoboni has argued that mirror neurons are the neural basis of the human capacity for emotions such as empathy.”

Thus, once the mirror neuron lost the function of mirror system, it may underlie cognitive disorders. Autisim is a typical situation that would happen. People who is Autisim may lack the ability to have communication and learning from the environment. It may reduce their ability on languages. Even though they are able to observe their environment around them, the information transfers slowly when they need to mimic. That makes them hard to have communication with others.

In terms of Lacan, Mirror stage does not means the real mirror, it means the mimic motions, the way that reflect ourselves from others sight. There are lots of mirror stage situations in our regular life, the way we see others and project that emotion on ourselves, including the discussions and the interactions with people, the motions we have during these activities are able to affect the idea that we think about ourselves. We would choose one mirror stage as a template, when this template is no longer accurate, which may fail by reality, it will transform into another that is more appropriate.

The thing that babies do is to know their selves from mirror. At first, they are not able to know what is that in the mirror. After a period they realize that all the motion they do to the mirror can trigger the image in the mirror some movement. This is the first step a baby to have a concept about themselves, and also a concept of narcissism.  Mimic is also the way that babies get to understand the world and people around them. This motion is for them to learning all the behaviors from environment.

Mirror neuron is the neuron that triggers these mimic abilities to happen. “The function of the mirror system is a subject of much speculation. Many researchers in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive psychology consider that this system provides the physiological mechanism for the perception/action coupling (see the common coding theory). They argue that mirror neurons may be important for understanding the actions of other people, and for learning new skills by imitation. Some researchers also speculate that mirror systems may simulate observed actions, and thus contribute to theory of mind skills, while others relate mirror neurons to language abilities. Neuroscientists such as Marco Iacoboni (UCLA) have argued that mirror neuron systems in the human brain help us understand the actions and intentions of other people. In a study published in March 2005 Iacoboni and his colleagues reported that mirror neurons could discern if another person who was picking up a cup of tea planned to drink from it or clear it from the table. In addition, Iacoboni has argued that mirror neurons are the neural basis of the human capacity for emotions such as empathy.”

Also, commercial activities are pretty much use this kind of reaction that people have in general, they like to do the commercial advertisement with a really attracted way to attract consumers to project their emotions on their selves from advertisement. It is a common way to gather lots of people to mimic what they see or what they want in the advertisement, and then mimicked by other people.