2010/05/27 by Yang‐Teng Fan, Jean Decety, Chia‐Yen Yang +3 · 2 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Autism Spectrum Disorder Research #Face Recognition and Perception #Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02269.x
openalex publication_date 2013/03/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/28
Our study clearly challenges the broken mirror theory of autism. The functioning of the mirror neuron system might be preserved in individuals with ASD to a certain degree. Less mu suppression to action observation coupled with more communicational severity can reflect the symptom heterogeneity of ASD. Additional research needs to be done, and more caution should be used when reaching out to the media.