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

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-30

  Dapretto, Mirella ^a,b   Davies, Mari S ^c   Pfeifer, Jennifer H ^c   Scott, Ashley A ^a   Sigman, Marian ^b,c   Bookheimer, Susan Y ^a,b   Iacoboni, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 29444440856     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1611     Document Type: Article

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