Walk Like Me, Talk Like Me. The Connection Between Mirror Neurons and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Overview

Journal Neurosciences (Riyadh)

Specialty Neurology

Date 2016 Apr 21

PMID 27094520

Citations 3

Authors

Jillian M Saffin

Hassaan Tohid

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Abstract

Understanding social cognition has become a hallmark in deciphering autism spectrum disorder. Neurobiological theories are taking precedence in causation studies as researchers look to abnormalities in brain development as the cause of deficits in social behavior, cognitive processes, and language. Following their discovery in the 1990s, mirror neurons have become a dominant theory for that the mirror neuron system may play a critical role in the pathophysiology of various symptoms of autism. Over the decades, the theory has evolved from the suggestion of a broken mirror neuron system to impairments in mirror neuron circuitry. The mirror neuron system has not gained total support due to inconsistent findings; a comprehensive analysis of the growing body of research could shed light on the benefits, or the disadvantage of continuing to study mirror neurons and their connection to autism.

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