 There are various ways to respond to these criticisms. A strong response argues that they are based on a misunderstanding of the relevant empirical findings, as well as on a mischaracterization of the role that ST attributes to the action mirror mechanism in action understanding (Rizzolatti &amp; Sinigaglia 2010, 2014). A weaker response holds that the focus on action understanding is a bit of a red herring, given that the most robust evidence in support of the central role played by mirroring processes in mindreading comes from the emotion domain (Goldman 2008b). We will consider the weaker response here.