ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018
Investigating Mirror System (MS) Activity in Adults with ASD When Inferring Others' Intentions Using Both TMS and EEG.
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- Examining whether adults with autism spectrum disorder encounter multiple problems in theory of mind: a study based on meta-analysis.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023Pooled it
- Neural Correlates for Anticipating and Observing Goal-Directed Actions in Autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Leveraging AI-Driven Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Early Detection and Social Function Prediction in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Perceptual discrimination of action formidableness and friendliness and the impact of autistic traits.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Unique deficit in embodied simulation in autism: An fMRI study comparing autism and developmental coordination disorder.Human brain mapping · 2021Article
- Enhanced mirroring upon mutual gaze: multimodal evidence from TMS-assessed corticospinal excitability and the EEG mu rhythm.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Continuing to look in the mirror: A review of neuroscientific evidence for the broken mirror hypothesis, EP-M model and STORM model of autism spectrum conditions.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2020Review
- Theory of Mind Deficits and Neurophysiological Operations in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review.Brain sciences · 2020Review
- Weighted Brain Network Metrics for Decoding Action Intention Understanding Based on EEG.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
ASD is associated with mentalizing deficits that may correspond with atypical mirror system (MS) activation. We investigated MS activity in adults with and without ASD when inferring others' intentions using TMS-induced motor evoked potentials (MEPs) and mu suppression measured by EEG. Autistic traits were measured for all participants. Our EEG data show, high levels of autistic traits predicted reduced right mu (8-10 Hz) suppression when mentalizing. Higher left mu (8-10 Hz) suppression was associated with superior mentalizing performances. Eye-tracking and TMS data showed no differences associated with autistic traits. Our data suggest ASD is associated with reduced right MS activity when mentalizing, TMS-induced MEPs and mu suppression measure different aspects of MS functioning and the MS is directly involved in inferring intentions.
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