tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post7394692322461046908..comments2024-03-22T00:30:09.536-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Mirror Neuron Dance Party for Autism Spectrum DisordersThe Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-73081548084342098402010-12-04T02:57:13.385-08:002010-12-04T02:57:13.385-08:00"Dr. Ramachandran and a few colleagues have m..."Dr. Ramachandran and a few colleagues have made careers out of an arcane EEG effect "<br /><br />Well, Dr. Ramachandran was already very famous before any of this... The guy is very charismatic, no doubt about it, a very good showman. Any US Uni would want to have him for PR and visibility purposes (same with Pinker, for example).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-31717136660920352422010-11-27T23:06:18.031-08:002010-11-27T23:06:18.031-08:00I saw something recently, maybe a month or two ago...I saw something recently, maybe a month or two ago, which had an interesting suggestion.<br /><br />It said that by a certain age, or usually so, young children will -- like the rest of us -- yawn when someone else yawns.<br /><br />However (they went on to say) autistic children do not. Even at older ages, when it would be thought that normal children would certainly have developed that trait.<br /><br />It seems that yawning being 'catching' should fall within the realm of mirror neurons. Monkey see, monkey do, and irrepressibly so.<br /><br />If A and B and C above are true, then are there mirror neurons and do they lack effect in autism?<br /><br />If it is truAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-15802401534413976332010-11-23T19:29:35.703-08:002010-11-23T19:29:35.703-08:00Maybe after enough time in the mirror room they...Maybe after enough time in the mirror room they'll forget that they have a refrigerator mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-26012793519771584592010-11-23T12:54:34.864-08:002010-11-23T12:54:34.864-08:00Dr. Ramachandran and a few colleagues have made ca...Dr. Ramachandran and a few colleagues have made careers out of an arcane EEG effect (mu rhythm suppression) that they have taken to index activity of the mirror neuron system. These ~10 Hz waves are measured above the motor cortex and are thought to be suppressed by motor activity (or mirror neuron activity). They also found a (weak) absence of the mu rhythm during observation ("mirroring") in autism. To regard mu suppression as "mirror neuron activity" is an outrageous stretch of the imagination. Moreover, I know of several failures to replicate the basic phenomenon of mu suppression, my own experiments included.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-65402900666959524392010-11-23T09:10:27.759-08:002010-11-23T09:10:27.759-08:00>.<
I'm sympathetic to mirror neuron id...>.<<br /><br />I'm sympathetic to mirror neuron ideas in speech perception, but even there people are racing past the evidence.<br /><br />Extending mirror neuron hypotheses to ASD is way over-reaching, and if one publishes in <i>Medical Hypotheses</i> of all things, one shouldn't expect to be treated seriously.Benjaminhttp://moregloriousdawn.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-43928475229730631702010-11-23T02:35:32.074-08:002010-11-23T02:35:32.074-08:00As I recall, there isn't actually any direct e...As I recall, there isn't actually any direct evidence for the existence of a mirror neuron network system in humans yet, correct? None of the studies have actually been able to manage it.<br /><br />One day these people will find out about all <a href="http://www.biomotionlab.ca/" rel="nofollow">the good work being done on biological motion perception</a> and realise that's how you explain action perception. Maybe...Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.com