EEG evidence for mirror neuron dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 190-198

  Oberman, Lindsay M ^a,d   Hubbard, Edward M ^a   McCleery, Joseph P ^a   Altschuler, Eric L ^a,b   Ramachandran, Vilayanur S ^a,c   Pineda, Jaime A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; EEG; Mirror neurons; Mu rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NOISE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 21544483237     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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