Normal movement reading in Asperger subjects
| Autor: | Tuula A Kulomäki, Sari Avikainen, Riitta Hari |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male Movement media_common.quotation_subject Models Neurological Motion Perception Cognition Theory of mind medicine Humans Asperger Syndrome Autistic Disorder Mirror neuron media_common General Neuroscience Motor Cortex Magnetoencephalography Hand medicine.disease Imitative Behavior Electric Stimulation Median Nerve Developmental disorder medicine.anatomical_structure Asperger syndrome Autism Female Primary motor cortex Imitation Psychology Photic Stimulation Motor cortex Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | NeuroReport. 10:3467-3470 |
| ISSN: | 0959-4965 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00001756-199911260-00001 |
| Popis: | Patients with autism and Asperger syndrome (AS) are impaired in mindreading and imitation skills. One possibility would be that their 'mirror neuron' system, which matches action execution and observation, does not function properly. To test this hypothesis we compared action-viewing related motor cortex functions in an AS group (one autistic and four AS subjects) and eight control subjects. In both groups viewing hand actions modified the neuromagnetic approximately 20 Hz oscillatory activity in the primary motor cortex to the same extent. Thus impaired mindreading and imitation skills found in AS and autism do not seem to result from dysfunction of the motor cortex part of the action execution/observation system. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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