Cited by 1,694Action Observation and SynchronizationAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchFace Recognition and Perception

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 16 of the 16 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders

Open access

Dapretto, Mirella, Davies, Mari S, Pfeifer, Jennifer H, Scott, Ashley A, Sigman, Marian, Bookheimer, Susan Y, Iacoboni, Marco·2006·Nature Neuroscience

DOI 10.1038/nn1611PMC PMC3713227

Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

To examine mirror neuron abnormalities in autism, high-functioning children with autism and matched controls underwent fMRI while imitating and observing emotional expressions. Although both groups performed the tasks equally well, children with autism showed no mirror neuron activity in the inferior frontal gyrus (pars opercularis). Notably, activity in this area was inversely related to symptom severity in the social domain, suggesting that a dysfunctional 'mirror neuron system' may underlie the social deficits observed in autism.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1038/nn1611

Cites

16 of 16 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders
Lord, C., Rutter, M., & Le Couteur, A. (1994) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/bf02172145 · Cited by 9,065
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism
Lord, C., Risi, S., Lambrecht, L., Cook, E. H., Leventhal, B. L., DiLavore, P. C., Pickles, A., & Rutter, M. (2000) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1023/a:1005592401947 · Cited by 7,520
THE MIRROR-NEURON SYSTEM
Rizzolatti, G., & Craighero, L. (2004) · Annual Review of Neuroscience · doi:10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144230 · Cited by 7,433
The mirror neuron system
Cattaneo, L., & Rizzolatti, G. (2009) · Archives of Neurology · doi:10.1001/archneurol.2009.41 · Cited by 3,137
Cortical mechanisms of human imitation
Iacoboni, M., Woods, R. P., Brass, M., Bekkering, H., Mazziotta, J. C., & Rizzolatti, G. (1999) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.286.5449.2526 · Cited by 2,683
Self-citation
Neural mechanisms of empathy in humans: a relay from neural systems for imitation to limbic areas
Carr, L., Iacoboni, M., Dubeau, M.-C., Mazziotta, J. C., & Lenzi, G. L. (2003) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0935845100 · Cited by 1,978
Self-citation
Gaze fixation and the neural circuitry of face processing in autism
Dalton, K. M., Nacewicz, B. M., Johnstone, T., Schaefer, H. S., Gernsbacher, M. A., Goldsmith, H. H., Alexander, A. L., & Davidson, R. J. (2005) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn1421 · Cited by 1,543
EEG evidence for mirror neuron dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders
Oberman, L. M., Hubbard, E. M., McCleery, J. P., Altschuler, E. L., Ramachandran, V. S., & Pineda, J. A. (2005) · Cognitive Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2005.01.014 · Cited by 1,146
Imitation, mirror neurons and autism
Williams, J. H. G., Whiten, A., Suddendorf, T., & Perrett, D. I. (2001) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/s0149-7634(01)00014-8 · Cited by 983
Perspectives on imitation : from neuroscience to social science
Hurley, S. L., & Chater, N. (2005) · Cited by 602

Flagged first, then by citations

Show all 16 references

Sorted by citations

Items 301–400 of 1,000

Mirror neuron system
Velayudhan, R., & Mohandas, E. (2007) · Indian Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.4103/0019-5545.31522 · Cited by 126
Smaller insula and inferior frontal volumes in young adults with pervasive developmental disorders
Kosaka, H., Omori, M., Munesue, T., Ishitobi, M., Matsumura, Y., Takahashi, T., Narita, K., Murata, T., Saito, D. N., Uchiyama, H. T., et al. (2010) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.085 · Cited by 107
A Blueprint for Social Cognitive Development
Olson, K. R., & Dweck, C. S. (2008) · Perspectives on Psychological Science · doi:10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00074.x · Cited by 116
Imaging derived cortical thickness reduction in high-functioning autism: Key regions and temporal slope
Scheel, C., Rotarska-Jagiela, A., Schilbach, L., Lehnhardt, F. G., Krug, B., Vogeley, K. T., & Tepest, R. (2011) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.040 · Cited by 111
Embodied empathy for tactile events: Interindividual differences and vicarious somatosensory responses during touch observation
Schaefer, M., Heinze, H., & Rotte, M. (2012) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.112 · Cited by 106
Emotional language processing in autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review
Lartseva, A., Dijkstra, T., & Buitelaar, J. K. (2015) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00991 · Cited by 117
Multiparametric MRI Characterization and Prediction in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Graph Theory and Machine Learning
Zhou, Y., Yu, F., & Duong, T. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090405 · Cited by 105
Age-Related Increase in Inferior Frontal Gyrus Activity and Social Functioning in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Bastiaansen, J. A., Thioux, M., Nanetti, L., van der Gaag, C., Ketelaars, C. E. J., Minderaa, R. B., & Keysers, C. (2011) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.11.007 · Cited by 112
Premotor cortex mediates perceptual performance
Callan, D., Callan, A., Gamez, M., Sato, M.-A., & Kawato, M. (2010) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.02.027 · Cited by 104
Cortical patterns of category-selective activation for faces, places and objects in adults with autism
Humphreys, K., Hasson, U., Avidan, G., Minshew, N., & Behrmann, M. (2008) · Autism Research · doi:10.1002/aur.1 · Cited by 104
The neuropsychology of consumer behavior and marketing
Shaw, S. D., & Bagozzi, R. P. (2017) · Consumer Psychology Review · doi:10.1002/arcp.1006 · Cited by 121
Mirror neuron dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders
Perkins, T., Stokes, M. A., McGillivray, J., & Bittar, R. G. (2010) · Journal of Clinical Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.026 · Cited by 104
Movement interference in autism-spectrum disorder
Gowen, E., Stanley, J., & Miall, R. C. (2007) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.11.004 · Cited by 103
Contagious Yawning in Autistic and Typical Development
Helt, M. S., Eigsti, I., Snyder, P. J., & FEIN, D. A. (2010) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01495.x · Cited by 110
Preliminary evidence for deficits in multisensory integration in autism spectrum disorders: The mirror neuron hypothesis
Oberman, L. M., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2008) · Social Neuroscience · doi:10.1080/17470910701563681 · Cited by 108
Neural pathways subserving face-based mentalizing
Yordanova, Y. N., Duffau, H., & Herbet, G. (2017) · Brain Structure and Function · doi:10.1007/s00429-017-1388-0 · Cited by 102
Autism and the mirror neuron system: insights from learning and teaching
Vivanti, G., & Rogers, S. J. (2014) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0184 · Cited by 103
The Role of the Right Prefrontal Cortex in Self-evaluation of the Face: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Morita, T., Itakura, S., Saito, D. N., Nakashita, S., Harada, T., Kochiyama, T., & Sadato, N. (2007) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1162/jocn.2008.20.2.342 · Cited by 129
Development of Mu Rhythm in Infants and Preschool Children
Berchicci, M., Zhang, T., Romero, L., Peters, A., Annett, R. D., Teuscher, U., Bertollo, M., Okada, Y. C., Stephen, J. M., & Comani, S. (2011) · Developmental Neuroscience · doi:10.1159/000329095 · Cited by 99
Reactive/proactive aggression and affective/cognitive empathy in children with ASD
Pouw, L. B. C., Rieffe, C. J., Oosterveld, P., Huskens, B., & Stockmann, L. (2013) · Research in Developmental Disabilities · doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2012.12.022 · Cited by 101
Beware the angry leader: Trait anger and trait anxiety as predictors of petty tyranny
Kant, L., Skogstad, A., Torsheim, T., & Einarsen, S. V. (2012) · The Leadership Quarterly · doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.08.005 · Cited by 101
School-aged children exhibit domain-specific responses to biological motion
Carter, E. J., & Pelphrey, K. A. (2006) · Social Neuroscience · doi:10.1080/17470910601041382 · Cited by 101
Motor Representation of Actions in Children with Autism
Cossu, G., Boria, S., Copioli, C., Bracceschi, R., Giuberti, V., Santelli, E., & Gallese, V. (2012) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044779 · Cited by 106
Body expressions of emotion do not trigger fear contagion in autism spectrum disorder
Hadjikhani, N. K., Joseph, R. M., Manoach, D. S., Naik, P., Snyder, J., Dominick, K. C., Hoge, R. D., den Stock, J. V., Tager-Flusberg, H. B., & de Gelder, B. (2009) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsn038 · Cited by 106
Neural correlates of social approach and withdrawal in patients with major depression
Derntl, B., Seidel, E., Eickhoff, S. B., Kellermann, T., Gur, R. C., Schneider, F. W., & Habel, U. (2011) · Social Neuroscience · doi:10.1080/17470919.2011.579800 · Cited by 102
Biological motion task performance predicts superior temporal sulcus activity.
Herrington, J., Nymberg, C., & Schultz, R. (2011) · Brain and Cognition · doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2011.09.001 · Cited by 98
Neurofeedback Outcomes in Clients with Asperger’s Syndrome
Thompson, L., Thompson, M. E., & Reid, A. (2009) · Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback · doi:10.1007/s10484-009-9120-3 · Cited by 103
Brainâ€“computer interface game applications for combined neurofeedback and biofeedback treatment for children on the autism spectrum
Friedrich, E. V. C., Suttie, N., Sivanathan, A., Lim, T., Louchart, S., & Pineda, J. A. (2014) · Frontiers in Neuroengineering · doi:10.3389/fneng.2014.00021 · Cited by 99
Age related changes in striatal resting state functional connectivity in autism
Padmanabhan, A., Lynn, A., Foran, W., Luna, B., & O’Hearn, K. M. (2013) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00814 · Cited by 101
Eye contact takes two – autistic and social anxiety traits predict gaze behavior in dyadic interaction
Hessels, R. S., Holleman, G. A., Cornelissen, T. H. W., Hooge, I. T. C., & Kemner, C. (2017) · Journal of Experimental Psychopathology · doi:10.5127/jep.062917 · Cited by 96
Differences in Cortical Structure and Functional MRI Connectivity in High Functioning Autism
Pereira, A. M., de Campos, B. M., Coan, A. C., Pegoraro, L. F., de Rezende, T. J. R., Obeso, I., Dalgalarrondo, P., da Costa, J. C., Dreher, J., & Cendes, F. (2018) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2018.00539 · Cited by 119
Visual Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review of Neuroimaging Studies
Chung, S., & Son, J.-W. (2020) · Journal of korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · doi:10.5765/jkacap.200018 · Cited by 119
The human mirror system: A motor resonance theory of mind-reading
Agnew, Z. K., Bhakoo, K. K., & Puri, B. K. (2007) · Brain Research Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.04.003 · Cited by 99
Unraveling the paradox of the autistic self
Lombardo, M. V., & Baron‐Cohen, S. (2010) · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science · doi:10.1002/wcs.45 · Cited by 104
Empathic deficits in schizophrenia: the potential role of rapid facial mimicry
VARCIN, K. J., BAILEY, P. E., & HENRY, J. D. (2010) · Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society · doi:10.1017/s1355617710000329 · Cited by 97
Insular function in autism: Update and future directions in neuroimaging and interventions
Nomi, J. S., Molnar-Szakacs, I., & Uddin, L. Q. (2018) · Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.10.015 · Cited by 98
Interfering with the neural activity of mirror-related frontal areas impairs mentalistic inferences
Herbet, G., Lafargue, G., Moritz‐Gasser, S., Bonnetblanc, F., & Duffau, H. (2014) · Brain Structure and Function · doi:10.1007/s00429-014-0777-x · Cited by 97
Differential mirror neuron system (MNS) activation during action observation with and without social-emotional components in autism: a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies
Chan, M. M. Y., & Han, Y. M. Y. (2020) · Molecular Autism · doi:10.1186/s13229-020-00374-x · Cited by 96
The role of the left inferior frontal gyrus in social perception: An rTMS study
Keuken, M. C., Hardie, A., Dorn, B. T., Dev, S. I., Paulus, M. P., Jonas, K. J., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., & Pineda, J. A. (2011) · Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.073 · Cited by 100
Surface-based morphometry of the cortical architecture of autism spectrum disorders: volume, thickness, area, and gyrification
Libero, L. E., DeRamus, T. P., Deshpande, H. D., & Kana, R. K. (2014) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.07.001 · Cited by 95
Face to Face: The Neural Basis of Social Mirroring and Empathy
(2007) · Psychiatric Annals · doi:10.3928/00485713-20070401-05 · Cited by 93
Children’s cognitive development and learning
Goswami, U., & Bryant, P. (2012) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780203121672-15 · Cited by 94
Intermodal Perception and Selective Attention to Intersensory Redundancy: Implications for Typical Social Development and Autism
Bahrick, L. E. (2010) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781444327564.ch4 · Cited by 96
SLC25A12 expression is associated with neurite outgrowth and is upregulated in the prefrontal cortex of autistic subjects
Lepagnol-Bestel, A.-M., Maussion, G., Boda, B., Cardona, A., Iwayama, Y., Delezoide, A.-L., Moalic, J.-M., Muller, D., Dean, B., Yoshikawa, T., et al. (2008) · Molecular Psychiatry · doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002120 · Cited by 93
Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders using regional and interregional morphological features: Diagnosis of ASD Using Morphological Features
Wee, C.-Y., Wang, L., Shi, F., Yap, P.-T., & Shen, D. (2014) · Human Brain Mapping · doi:10.1002/hbm.22411 · Cited by 89
Influence of empathy on hotel guests’ emotional service experience
Umasuthan, H., Park, O., & Ryu, J.-H. (2017) · Journal of Services Marketing · doi:10.1108/jsm-06-2016-0220 · Cited by 84
Emotional face recognition, EMG response, and medial prefrontal activity in empathic behaviour
Balconi, M., Bortolotti, A., & Gonzaga, L. (2011) · Neuroscience Research · doi:10.1016/j.neures.2011.07.1833 · Cited by 92
Gray Matter Reduction in the Vermis and CRUS-II Is Associated with Social and Interaction Deficits in Low-Functioning Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: a VBM-DARTEL Study
Riva, D., Annunziata, S., Contarino, V. E., Erbetta, A., Aquino, D., & Bulgheroni, S. (2013) · The Cerebellum · doi:10.1007/s12311-013-0469-8 · Cited by 96
Endophenotype Approach to Developmental Psychopathology: Implications for Autism Research
Viding, E. M., & Blakemore, S. (2006) · Behavior Genetics · doi:10.1007/s10519-006-9105-4 · Cited by 94
The neural basis of deictic shifting in linguistic perspective-taking in high-functioning autism
Mizuno, A. N., Liu, Y., Williams, D. L., Keller, T. A., Minshew, N. J., & Just, M. A. (2011) · Brain · doi:10.1093/brain/awr151 · Cited by 91
Of mice and monkeys: using non-human primate models to bridge mouse- and human-based investigations of autism spectrum disorders
Watson, K. K., & Platt, M. L. (2012) · Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders · doi:10.1186/1866-1955-4-21 · Cited by 91
Neural correlates of dyadic interaction during infancy
Reid, V. M., Striano, T., & Iacoboni, M. (2011) · Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2011.01.001 · Cited by 90
Self-citation
Location, location, location: alterations in the functional topography of face- but not object- or place-related cortex in adolescents with autism
Scherf, K. S. (2010) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2010.00026 · Cited by 95
Embodied Comprehension of Stories: Interactions between Language Regions and Modality-specific Neural Systems
Chow, H. M., Mar, R. A., Xu, Y., Liu, S., Wagage, S. R., & Braun, A. R. (2013) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1162/jocn_a_00487 · Cited by 90
From Neurons to Social Beings: Short Review of the Mirror Neuron System Research and Its Socio-Psychological and Psychiatric Implications
Jeon, H., & Lee, S. (2018) · Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience · doi:10.9758/cpn.2018.16.1.18 · Cited by 109
Deficits in social cognition: a marker for psychiatric disorders?
Derntl, B., & Habel, U. (2011) · European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience · doi:10.1007/s00406-011-0244-0 · Cited by 96
Improving aspects of empathy and subjective performance for HRI through mirroring facial expressions
Gonsior, B., Sosnowski, S., Mayer, C., Blume, J., Radig, B., Wollherr, D., & Kühnlenz, K. (2011) · IEEE RO-MAN · doi:10.1109/roman.2011.6005294 · Cited by 88
Preserved Self-other Distinction During Empathy in Autism is Linked to Network Integrity of Right Supramarginal Gyrus
Hoffmann, F., Koehne, S., Steinbeis, N., Dziobek, I., & Singer, T. (2015) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s10803-015-2609-0 · Cited by 92
An fMRI investigation of responses to peer rejection in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders
Masten, C. L., Colich, N. L., Rudie, J. D., Bookheimer, S. Y., Eisenberger, N. I., & Dapretto, M. (2011) · Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2011.01.004 · Cited by 91
Self-citation
Imitation in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Vivanti, G., & Hamilton, A. F. D. C. (2014) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781118911389.hautc12 · Cited by 92
A Topographic Study of Minicolumnar Core Width by Lamina Comparison between Autistic Subjects and Controls: Possible Minicolumnar Disruption due to an Anatomical Element In‐Common to Multiple Laminae
Casanova, M. F., El-Baz, A. S., Vanbogaert, E., Narahari, P., & Switala, A. E. (2009) · Brain Pathology · doi:10.1111/j.1750-3639.2009.00319.x · Cited by 87
Reduced Gray Matter Volume of Pars Opercularis Is Associated with Impaired Social Communication in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Yamasaki, S., Yamasue, H., Abe, O., Suga, M., Yamada, H., Inoue, H., Kuwabara, H., Kawakubo, Y., Yahata, N., Aoki, S., et al. (2010) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.07.012 · Cited by 85
Dissociative part-dependent resting-state activity in dissociative identity disorder: a Controlled fMRI perfusion study
Schlumpf, Y. R., Reinders, A. A. T. S., Nijenhuis, E. R. S., Luechinger, R., van Osch, M. J. P., & Jäncke, L. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098795 · Cited by 87
The human mirror neuron system in a population with deficient self‐awareness: An fMRI study in alexithymia
Moriguchi, Y., Ohnishi, T., Decety, J., Hirakata, M., Maeda, M., Matsuda, H., & Komaki, G. (2008) · Human Brain Mapping · doi:10.1002/hbm.20653 · Cited by 91
When the Serotonin Transporter Gene Meets Adversity: The Contribution of Animal Models to Understanding Epigenetic Mechanisms in Affective Disorders and Resilience
Lesch, K.-P. (2011) · Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences · doi:10.1007/7854_2010_109 · Cited by 86
Representing actions through their sound
Aglioti, S. M., & Pazzaglia, M. (2010) · Experimental Brain Research · doi:10.1007/s00221-010-2344-x · Cited by 94
Young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder look differently at positive versus negative emotional faces
de Wit, T. C. J., Falck‐Ytter, T., & von Hofsten, C. (2008) · Research in Autism · doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2008.01.004 · Cited by 86
Contextual and Perceptual Brain Processes Underlying Moral Cognition: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis of Moral Reasoning and Moral Emotions
Sevinc, G., & Spreng, R. N. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087427 · Cited by 92
Developmental Meta-Analysis of the Functional Neural Correlates of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dickstein, D. P., Pescosolido, M. F., Reidy, B. L., Galvan, T., Kim, K. L., Seymour, K. E., Laird, A. R., Martino, A. D., & Barrett, R. P. (2013) · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2012.12.012 · Cited by 92
Early non‐specific modulation of corticospinal excitability during action observation
Lepage, J., Tremblay, S., & Théoret, H. (2010) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07121.x · Cited by 82
Gesture imitation in autism: II. Symbolic gestures and pantomimed object use
Smith, I. M., & Bryson, S. E. (2007) · Cognitive Neuropsychology · doi:10.1080/02643290701669703 · Cited by 91
How reward modulates mimicry: EMG evidence of greater facial mimicry of more rewarding happy faces
Sims, T. B., van Reekum, C. M., Johnstone, T., & Chakrabarti, B. (2012) · Psychophysiology · doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01377.x · Cited by 91
Mirror neuron system activation in children with developmental coordination disorder: A replication functional MRI study
Reynolds, J. E., Billington, J., Kerrigan, S., Williams, J. L., Elliott, C. M., Winsor, A. M., Codd, L., Bynevelt, M., & Licari, M. K. (2017) · Research in Developmental Disabilities · doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2017.11.012 · Cited by 89
Mirror Neuron System Differentially Activated by Facial Expressions and Social Hand Gestures: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Montgomery, K. J., & Haxby, J. V. (2008) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1162/jocn.2008.20127 · Cited by 87
The Neuroscience of Adolescence
Galván, A. (2017) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316106143 · Cited by 82
Placental DNA methylation levels at CYP2E1 and IRS2 are associated with child outcome in a prospective autism study
Zhu, Y., Mordaunt, C. E., Yasui, D. H., Marathe, R., Coulson, R. L., Dunaway, K. W., Jianu, J. M., Walker, C. K., Ozonoff, S. J., Hertz‐Picciotto, I., et al. (2019) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/ddz084 · Cited by 89
Neural networks related to dysfunctional face processing in autism spectrum disorder
Nickl‐Jockschat, T., Rottschy, C., Thommes, J., Schneider, F. W., Laird, A. R., Fox, P. T., & Eickhoff, S. B. (2014) · Brain Structure and Function · doi:10.1007/s00429-014-0791-z · Cited by 85
The mirror neuron system in post-stroke rehabilitation
Carvalho, D., Teixeira, S. S., Lucas, M. F., Yuan, T., Chaves, F., Peressutti, C., Machado, S. E. D. C., Bittencourt, J., Menéndez‐González, M., Nardi, A. E., et al. (2013) · International Archives of Medicine · doi:10.1186/1755-7682-6-41 · Cited by 82
Diminished Medial Prefrontal Activity behind Autistic Social Judgments of Incongruent Information
Watanabe, T., Yahata, N., Abe, O., Kuwabara, H., Inoue, H., Takano, Y., Iwashiro, N., Natsubori, T., Aoki, Y. Y., Takao, H., et al. (2012) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039561 · Cited by 88
Sensorimotor Network Crucial for Inferring Amusement from Smiles
Paracampo, R., Tidoni, E., Borgomaneri, S., di Pellegrino, G., & Avenanti, A. (2016) · Cerebral Cortex · doi:10.1093/cercor/bhw294 · Cited by 85
The Cerebellar Predictions for Social Interactions: Theory of Mind Abilities in Patients With Degenerative Cerebellar Atrophy
Clausi, S., Olivito, G., Lupo, M., Siciliano, L., Bozzali, M., & Leggio, M. G. (2019) · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fncel.2018.00510 · Cited by 84
A systematic review and meta‐regression analysis of social functioning correlates in autism and typical development
Bottema‐Beutel, K., Kim, S. Y., & Crowley, S. (2018) · Autism Research · doi:10.1002/aur.2055 · Cited by 90
When Gaze Turns into Grasp
Pierno, A. C., Becchio, C., Wall, M. B., Smith, A. T., Turella, L., & Castiello, U. (2006) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1162/jocn.2006.18.12.2130 · Cited by 79
Neural correlates of the core facets of empathy in schizophrenia
Derntl, B., Finkelmeyer, A. E., Voß, B., Eickhoff, S. B., Kellermann, T., Schneider, F. W., & Habel, U. (2012) · Schizophrenia Research · doi:10.1016/j.schres.2011.12.018 · Cited by 81
Exploring the Role of Neural Mirroring in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Ruysschaert, L., Warreyn, P., Wiersema, J. R., Oostra, A., & Roeyers, H. (2014) · Autism Research · doi:10.1002/aur.1339 · Cited by 86
Eye Gaze in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review of Neural Evidence for the Eye Avoidance Hypothesis
Stuart, N., Whitehouse, A., Palermo, R., Bothe, E., & Badcock, N. A. (2022) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s10803-022-05443-z · Cited by 97
Face scanning distinguishes social from communication impairments in autism
Falck‐Ytter, T., Fernell, E., Gillberg, C., & von Hofsten, C. (2010) · Developmental Science · doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00942.x · Cited by 79
Response to distress in infants at risk for autism: a prospective longitudinal study
Hutman, T., Rozga, A., DeLaurentis, A. D., Barnwell, J. M., Sugar, C. A., & Sigman, M. (2010) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02270.x · Cited by 85
Self-citation
Understanding mirror neurons: Evidence for enhanced corticospinal excitability during the observation of transitive but not intransitive hand gestures
Enticott, P. G., Kennedy, H. A., Bradshaw, J. L., Rinehart, N., & Fitzgerald, P. B. (2010) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.014 · Cited by 86
Automatic Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism: A Systematic Literature Review
Landowska, A., Karpus, A., Zawadzka, T., Robins, B., Barkana, D. E., Köse, H., Zorčec, T., & Cummins, N. (2022) · Sensors · doi:10.3390/s22041649 · Cited by 93
Dissociation Between Key Processes of Social Cognition in Autism: Impaired Mentalizing But Intact Sense of Agency
David, N., Gawronski, A., Santos, N. S., Huff, W., Lehnhardt, F., Newen, A., & Vogeley, K. T. (2007) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s10803-007-0425-x · Cited by 87
Epigenetic modification of the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with emotion processing in the infant brain
Krol, K. M., Puglia, M. H., Morris, J. P., Connelly, J. J., & Grossmann, T. (2019) · Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100648 · Cited by 86
Developmental changes in mu suppression to observed and executed actions in autism spectrum disorders
Oberman, L. M., McCleery, J. P., Hubbard, E. M., Bernier, R., Wiersema, J. R., Raymaekers, R., & Pineda, J. A. (2012) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsr097 · Cited by 82
Logic and Social Cognition
Verbrugge, R. (2009) · Journal of Philosophical Logic · doi:10.1007/s10992-009-9115-9 · Cited by 78
Oxytocin, sexually dimorphic features of the social brain, and autism
Yamasue, H., Kuwabara, H., Kawakubo, Y., & Kasai, K. (2009) · Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences · doi:10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01944.x · Cited by 78
Mu desynchronization during observation and execution of facial expressions in 30-month-old children
Rayson, H., Bonaiuto, J. J., Ferrari, P. F., & Murray, L. (2016) · Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2016.05.003 · Cited by 79
What can autism teach us about the role of sensorimotor systems in higher cognition? New clues from studies on language, action semantics, and abstract emotional concept processing
Moseley, R. L., & Friedemann Pulvermüller, A. (2017) · Cortex · doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2017.11.019 · Cited by 81
Sense and the Senses: Anthropology and the Study of Autism
Solomon, O. (2010) · Annual Review of Anthropology · doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.012809.105012 · Cited by 79
Dynamics of the EEG power in the frequency and spatial domains during observation and execution of manual movements
Frenkel‐Toledo, S., Bentin, S., Perry, A., Liebermann, D. G., & Soroker, N. (2013) · Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2013.03.004 · Cited by 81
Human-Robot Interaction in Autism: FACE, an Android-based Social Therapy
Pioggia, G., Sica, M. L., Ferro, M., Igliozzi, R., Muratori, F., Ahluwalia, A. D., & Rossi, D. D. (2007) · IEEE RO-MAN · doi:10.1109/roman.2007.4415156 · Cited by 79

Authors: Dapretto, M., Davies, M. S., Pfeifer, J. H., Scott, A. A., Sigman, M., Bookheimer, S. Y., & Iacoboni, M.
Affiliations: University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author: Dapretto, Mirella
ORCID: Dapretto, Mirella
Pfeifer, Jennifer H
Bookheimer, Susan Y
Iacoboni, Marco
Venue: Nature Neuroscience
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2005-12-04
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 28-30
ISSN: 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
1546-1726
DOI: 10.1038/nn1611
PMC: PMC3713227
OpenAlex: W2031371003
Cited by: 1,694
References: 16
Citations by year: 2026: 23 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 78 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 56 · 2021: 60 · 2020: 106 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 74 · 2017: 75 · 2016: 71 · 2015: 89 · 2014: 108 · 2013: 107 · 2012: 124
FWCI: 109.74
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Center for Research Resources (RR08655, P41RR013642, RR 13642, C06RR012169)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01HD035470, P50HD055784)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords: autism spectrum disorder, mirror neuron system, social cognition, social dysfunction, inferior frontal gyrus, pars opercularis, symptom severity, children
MeSH terms: Autistic Disorder, Brain Mapping, Child, Emotions, Empathy, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neurons, Social Perception

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review

Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders

Abstract

Overview

Integrity signals

Verification

Claims the paper makes

Claims other papers make about this one

Self-check

Citations

Cites

Cited by

Related

Metadata

Record

About these checks