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What do you think about the mirror neuron theory for autism?
I like it! 33%  33%  [ 1 ]
I don't like it! 67%  67%  [ 2 ]
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21 Jan 2010, 4:41 am

Hey guys,

I came across this new site (I think) explaining research about mirror neurons,
how they relate to Autism, and more.
I'm not sure about the theory though. Looks too simple.
Love to hear your thoughts,

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21 Jan 2010, 10:21 am

I haven't heard of this. Maybe you'd get more responses if you sort of summarized what they are, or at least posted a link..?


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21 Jan 2010, 10:57 am

A link has been posted before. Here it is.

http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/brokenmirrors_asd.pdf

This is interesting too

http://frontiersin.org/neuroscience/neu ... 2007/html/


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24 Jan 2010, 1:26 am

Thanks for the links. I planned to add in a site, but since I'm new to the forum, the site wouldn't let me.
The main idea is that these neurons fire when someone does a particular action and when they watch someone else do the same action. There's also evidence that in ASD this might not be the case - the neurons fire when the person acts but not when they see someone else. I'll try to add a link in a few days...