Neurology and Education- Mirror Neurons

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10468

So, I am just going to say this on the outset, I love neurology.  There is not one part of neurology that I don't love.  I find it to be one of the most fascinating things I research on my own time.  But after I watched the video above, I found myself wondering: How does this relate to education?  How can I shape my teaching philosophy or my teaching style because I know about neurology?

I found out that answer about halfway through the video above when V.S. Ramachandran begins to talk about mirror neurons.  Mirror neurons according to Ramachandran are neurons that fire exactly the same way that the neurons in another person.  When you smile, neurons in your brain are rapidly firing to move a message down to the muscles in your face to turn upward, and you smile.  Mirror neurons in me see that the neurons are firing to make you smile and my mirror neurons start firing exactly the same way.

A wonderful question, then, is what does this have to do with education?  Mirror neurons don't just fire when another person smiles, they fire when another person uses creativity, or shows respect to another person.  Students with emotional behavioral disorders have a hard time with expressing feelings in a positive way.  My neurons are firing at each other to express my feelings in a positive way through language or art, because MY neurons are firing, their mirror neurons fire exactly like mine.

Therefore, modeling can teach a student anything, it may take a long time for it to begin to show the fruit, but because of mirror neurons, they can learn anything.