[MD] Social level for humans only

[Krimel]

[John]
I'm just exploring here  putting  mirror neurons together with infant
socialization and how that ties to development of empathy.

It makes sense to  me that certain responses mirror reflexively and the
sensation of imitation gives realization of other.

What I mean is, when an infant automatically imitates facial expression,
tongue-poking and such, the innate internal sensation of "how that feels"
corresponds to a projection of how the other feels.  Is that about right?

Fascinating.  The biological component of socialization.

Too bad most moms won't let us experiment on their babies.  We could try
off-expressions or non-expression and such to find out how screwed up a
human could get without proper socialization.

[Krimel]
Mom's are like that. Yes they are. 

But the whole country of Romania mimicked a long set of experiments on
Rhesus monkeys conducted by Harlow in the 50s on social deprivation. Google
Romanian orphans. It is not a pretty tale but it does forcefully demonstrate
the importance of social experience for infants. Sort of like a mirror in
darkness with nothing to reflect...