Mirror neuron system as the joint from action to language.
10.1007/s12264-008-1231-y
- Author:
Wei CHEN
1
,
2
;
Ti-Fei YUAN
Author Information
1. Department of Psychology
2. Institute of Cognition and Behavioral Neuroscience, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Autistic Disorder;
physiopathology;
Brain;
physiology;
Humans;
Language;
Motor Neurons;
physiology;
Psychomotor Performance;
physiology;
Visual Perception;
physiology
- From:
Neuroscience Bulletin
2008;24(4):259-264
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Mirror neuron system (MNS) represents one of the most important discoveries of cognitive neuroscience in the past decade, and it has been found to involve in multiple aspects of brain functions including action understanding, imitation, language understanding, empathy, action prediction and speech evolution. This manuscript reviewed the function of MNS in action understanding as well as language evolution, and specifically assessed its roles as the bridge from body language to fluent speeches. Then we discussed the speech defects of autism patients due to the disruption of MNS. Finally, given that MNS is plastic in adult brain, we proposed MNS targeted therapy provides an efficient rehabilitation approach for brain damages conditions as well as autism patients.
