Ripe for solution: Delayed development of multisensory processing in autism and its remediation

S Beker, JJ Foxe, S Molholm - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Difficulty integrating inputs from different sensory sources is commonly reported in
individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Accumulating evidence consistently …

The activation of the mirror neuron system during action observation and action execution with mirror visual feedback in stroke: a systematic review

JJQ Zhang, KNK Fong, N Welage, KPY Liu - Neural plasticity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To evaluate the concurrent and training effects of action observation (AO) and
action execution with mirror visual feedback (MVF) on the activation of the mirror neuron …

Meta-analysis of ERP investigations of pain empathy underlines methodological issues in ERP research

MP Coll - Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Empathy has received considerable attention from the field of cognitive and social
neuroscience. A significant portion of these studies used the event-related potential (ERP) …

Alpha waves as a neuromarker of autism spectrum disorder: the challenge of reproducibility and heterogeneity

A Lefebvre, R Delorme, C Delanoë… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: There is no consensus in the literature concerning the presence of abnormal
alpha wave profiles in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This may be due to …

Spontaneous imitative movements induced by an illusory embodied fake hand

S Shibuya, S Unenaka, T Zama, S Shimada, Y Ohki - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
In the rubber hand illusion (RHI), individuals perceive a fake hand as their own when the
hidden real hand and visible fake hand are synchronously stroked. Several RHI studies …

Relationships between empathy, gender, and testosterone levels in older adults

W Chen, H Feng, C Lv, J Lu - Social Behavior and Personality …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
We focused on the relationship between testosterone levels and empathy in older people
and how this relationship changes with age and between genders. Participants comprised …

Investigating neural sensorimotor mechanisms underlying flight expertise in pilots: Preliminary data from an EEG study

M Sestito, A Harel, J Nador, J Flach - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the last decade, the efforts toward unraveling the complex interplay between the brain,
body, and environment have set a promising line of research that utilizes neuroscience to …

Dissociable processing of emotional and neutral body movements revealed by μ-alpha and beta rhythms

A Siqi-Liu, AM Harris, AP Atkinson… - Social Cognitive and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Both when actions are executed and observed, electroencephalography (EEG) has shown
reduced alpha-band (8–12 Hz) oscillations over sensorimotor cortex. This 'μ …

Motor system recruitment during action observation: No correlation between mu-rhythm desynchronization and corticospinal excitability

OM Lapenta, E Ferrari, PS Boggio, L Fadiga… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Observing others' actions desynchronizes electroencephalographic (EEG) rhythms and
modulates corticospinal excitability as assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) …

Bridging the gap towards awareness detection in disorders of consciousness: an experimental study on the mirror neuron system

A Naro, RS Calabrò, A Leo, M Russo, D Milardi… - Brain topography, 2018 - Springer
Advanced functional neuroimaging approaches dealing with motor imagery have disclosed
covert cognitive processes in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). However …