Dissociation of mirroring and mentalising systems in autism

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1511-1519

  Marsh, Lauren E ^a   Hamilton, Antonia F de C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Autism; Mirror neuron system; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MENTALIZING SYSTEM; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTURES; GOALS; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79955466672     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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