Developmental changes in mu suppression to observed and executed actions in autism spectrum disorders

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-304

  Oberman, Lindsay M ^a,g   McCleery, Joseph P ^b   Hubbard, Edward M ^c   Bernier, Raphael ^d   Wiersema, Jan R ^e   Raymaekers, Ruth ^e   Pineda, Jaime A ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Flemish Autism Association   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autism; Development; Mirror neuron system; Mu supression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; OBSERVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84875245254     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr097     Document Type: Article

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