Unbroken mirror neurons in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 981-988

  Fan, Yang Teng ^a   Decety, Jean ^b   Yang, Chia Yen ^c   Liu, Ji Lin ^a   Cheng, Yawei ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; Mirror neurons; mu suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE FIXATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955668173     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02269.x     Document Type: Article

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