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Unbroken mirrors: challenging a theory of Autism.

Victoria Southgate1, Antonia F de C Hamilton.   

Abstract

The 'broken mirror' theory of autism has received considerable attention far beyond the scientific community. This theory proposes that the varied social-cognitive difficulties characteristic of autism could be explained by dysfunction of the mirror neuron system, thought to play a role in imitation. We examine this theory and argue that explaining typical imitation behavior, and the failure to imitate in autism, requires much more than the mirror neuron system. Furthermore, evidence for the role of the mirror neuron system in autism is weak. We suggest the broken mirror theory of autism is premature and that better cognitive models of social behavior within and beyond the mirror neuron system are required to understand the causes of poor social interaction in autism.

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Year:  2008        PMID： 18479959     DOI： 10.1016/j.tics.2008.03.005

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Trends Cogn Sci        ISSN： 1364-6613            Impact factor:   20.229


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Authors:  Marcel Brass; Perrine Ruby; Stephanie Spengler
Journal:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci       Date:  2009-08-27       Impact factor: 6.237

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Authors:  Giacomo Rizzolatti; Maddalena Fabbri-Destro
Journal:  Exp Brain Res       Date:  2009-09-18       Impact factor: 1.972

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Review 9.  Motor, emotional, and cognitive empathy in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and conduct disorder.

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