Mirror neural training induced by virtual reality in brain-computer interfaces may provide a promising approach for the autism therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 646-647

  Zhu, Huaping ^a   Sun, Yaoru ^a   Zeng, Jinhua ^a   Sun, Hongyu ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79953849834     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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