There is much interest in the claim that dysfunction of the mirror neuron system in individuals with autism spectrum condition causes difficulties in social interaction and communication. This paper systematically reviews all published studies using neuroscience methods (EEG/MEG/TMS/eyetracking/EMG/fMRI) to examine the integrity of the mirror system in autism. 25 suitable papers are reviewed. T...

Is there a neural system dedicated to generic magnitude judgments? In this issue of Neuron, Pinel et al. report qualitative spatial overlap of fMRI responses during judgments of luminance, size, and numerical magnitude but also quantitative response differences in intraparietal cortex that mirror behavioral interference between perceptual and symbolic magnitude.

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: MNS: Mirror Neuron System; TKD: Taekwondo Athletes; SOC: Soccer Players; CRT: Choice Reaction Time; MAS: Maximal Aerobic Speed; E: Effort; E60: Effort at 60% of MAS; E80: Effort At 80% of MAS; E100: Effort at 100% of MAS; E120: Effort at 120% of MAS; RT: Reaction Time; OEE: Observed Exerted Effort; SD: Standard Deviation; FMRI: Functi...

in past, the relationship between traditional learning theories and neurophysiological theories wasn’t a close relationship. recently, new findings in neurological sciences showed relatively simple neuron mechanisms for somewhat complicated learning events, for example observational learning, one of which is mirror neurons. these neurons show that how the brain registers the activity observed a...

To explore the effect of mirror box therapy based on the mirror neuron (MN) system of the primary motor cortex (M1), we examined if direct (without a mirror) and indirect (with a mirror) observation of self-movement in healthy subjects induced changes in motor evoked potential (MEP) evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). MEPs were elicited from the first dorsal interosseous (FDI) an...

BACKGROUND Considering the higher activity of mirror neuron system in females, they frequently have better performance in empathy, interpersonal sensitivity, and emotional recognition compared to males. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess whether gender difference in neuroanatomy of the human mirror neuron system has any impact on functional recovery of ischemic hemiparetic pat...