What happened to mirror neurons?

C Heyes, C Catmur - Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Ten years ago, Perspectives in Psychological Science published the Mirror Neuron Forum,
in which authors debated the role of mirror neurons in action understanding, speech …

Contagious depression: automatic mimicry and the mirror neuron system-a review

LV Paz, TW Viola, BB Milanesi, JH Sulzbach… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contagious depression is a theory proposing that depression can be induced or triggered by
our social environment. This theory is based on emotional contagion, the idea that affective …

A two-person neuroscience approach for social anxiety: A paradigm with interbrain synchrony and neurofeedback

MA Saul, X He, S Black, F Charles - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Social anxiety disorder has been widely recognised as one of the most commonly
diagnosed mental disorders. Individuals with social anxiety disorder experience difficulties …

Rethinking CNN architecture for enhancing decoding performance of motor imagery-based EEG signals

SJ Kim, DH Lee, SW Lee - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Brain–computer interface (BCI) is a technology that allows users to control computers by
reflecting their intentions. Electroencephalogram (EEG)–based BCI has been developed …

Structured sparse multiset canonical correlation analysis of simultaneous fNIRS and EEG provides new insights into the human action-observation network

H Dashtestani, HO Miguel, EE Condy, S Zeytinoglu… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The action observation network (AON) is a network of brain regions involved in the
execution and observation of a given action. The AON has been investigated in humans …

The Early Start Denver Model intervention and mu rhythm attenuation in autism spectrum disorders

B Aaronson, A Estes, SJ Rogers, G Dawson… - Journal of autism and …, 2022 - Springer
We examined the relationship between the Early start Denver model (ESDM) intervention
and mu rhythm attenuation, an EEG paradigm reflecting neural processes associated with …

Brain states in freely behaving marmosets

O Bukhtiyarova, S Chauvette, J Seigneur, I Timofeev - Sleep, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives We evaluated common marmosets as a perspective animal model
to study human sleep and wake states. Methods Using wireless neurologger recordings, we …

Differential beta desynchronisation responses to dynamic emotional facial expressions are attenuated in higher trait anxiety and autism

CA Charidza, H Gillmeister - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral …, 2022 - Springer
Daily life demands that we differentiate between a multitude of emotional facial expressions
(EFEs). The mirror neuron system (MNS) is becoming increasingly implicated as a neural …

Neurophysiological correlates of impaired development in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

KR Salimova - Biology Bulletin Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a large group of developmental disorders caused by a
combination of genetic and environmental factors. It is described as a separate diagnosis in …

Mu rhythm suppression over sensorimotor regions is associated with greater empathic accuracy

S Genzer, DC Ong, J Zaki, A Perry - Social cognitive and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
When people encounter others' emotions, they engage multiple brain systems, including
parts of the sensorimotor cortex associated with motor simulation. Simulation-related brain …