The mirror neuron system may play a role in the pathogenesis of mass hysteria

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-245

  Lee, Yao Tung ^a   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BRAIN; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS;

EID: 72449168813     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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