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Autism research

the proposal that early dysfunction of the mirror neuron system underlies imitation, empathy and theory of mind difficulties in autism.

In autism research, broken mirror theory refers to the proposal that early dysfunction of the mirror neuron system underlies imitation, empathy and theory of mind difficulties in autism. This meaning comes from Williams (2001) in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.[1]

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empathy1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct imitation2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs mirror3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Williams, J. H. G., Whiten, A., Suddendorf, T., & Perrett, D. I. (2001). Imitation, mirror neurons and autism. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 25(4), 287-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0149-7634(01)00014-8

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