Exploring the Role of Neural Mirroring in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-206

  Ruysschaert, Lieselot ^a   Warreyn, Petra ^a   Wiersema, Jan R ^a   Oostra, Ann ^b   Roeyers, Herbert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ASD; Children; EEG; Mirror neurons; Mu suppression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMITATION; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84898837624     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1339     Document Type: Article

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