Publication Type:
Journal ArticleSource:
Curr Biol, Volume 16, Issue 4, p.R131-3 (2006)Keywords:
Autistic Disorder, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Neurons, Social Behavior DisordersAbstract:
<p>Impairments in social and emotional skills are a defining feature of autism spectrum disorder. Recent research shows that structural and functional abnormalities within the neural system that matches observation and execution of actions--the mirror neuron system--may explain the social aspects of the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder.</p>