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Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders
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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.
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- 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
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2005-12-04
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 28-30
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- PMC
- PMC3713227
- OpenAlex
- W2031371003
- Cited by
- 1,694
- References
- 16
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- 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
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