Mirror Neurons and Family Roles | MindLAB Neuroscience
Mirror Neurons and Family Roles — How Your Brain Learned to Be the Peacekeeper, Scapegoat, or Golden Child Mirror neurons and family roles are linked by a specific neural mechanism. The mirror neuron system, calibrated in the first decade of life to a dominant parent’s emotional state, continues to read and replicate that state in adulthood. The role you played at eight — peacekeeper, scapegoat, golden child — reactivates the moment you re-enter the original family system, regardless of intent. ...
