Impaired cortical activation in autistic children: Is the mirror neuron system involved?

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-40

  Martineau, Joëlle ^a   Cochin, Stéphanie ^a   Magne, Rémy ^a   Barthelemy, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Desynchronisation; EEG; Human motion; Mirror neuron system; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PATIENT MONITORING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 40849133655     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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