A new UCLA study released today suggests that a dysfunctional mirror neuron system may underlie the social deficits observed in autism. Larry Mantle talks with the study’s lead author, Mirella ...

New research suggests that a brain system called the mirror neuron system, previously implicated as being dysfunctional in autism appears to function normally in individuals with autism spectrum ...

In a study of autistic children, severe mirror-neuron system dysfunction correlated with high impaired ability to imitate facial expressions or empathize with others.

Autistic Children May Have Abnormal Functioning Of Mirror Neuron System Date: November 29, 2007 Source: Radiological Society of North America Summary: Using a novel imaging technique to study ...

Does that get everyone's brain going? People with autism seem to have normal "mirror" neurons after all. A popular theory has it that these neurons – brain cells that fire both when you perform ...

If the mirror neuron system is not functioning in autism the way it does for neurotypical individuals, it makes sense that both children and adults with autism would struggle to predict ...

This section of the brain has been shown by other studies to be part of the so-called mirror neuron system, which allows humans to understand the intentions of other human beings by observing ...

This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNow, describes the recent discovery and implications of mirror neurons, a specific kind of brain cell that fires both when performing an action and ...

Mirror neurons are motor neurons that discharge both when an individual performs a given motor act and when they observe another individual performing the same act. As Rizzolatti et al. discuss in ...

Mental rehearsal can also activate the mirror neuron system which is directly linked to the same motor neurons required to perform fine tuned motor skills.

This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNow, describes the recent discovery and implications of mirror neurons, a specific kind of brain cell that fires both when performing an action and ...