From music making to speaking: Engaging the mirror neuron system in autism - 0 views
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mirror neuron system (MNS)
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The involvement of this multisensory and motor system is particularly evident in experts, such as musicians. Neuroimaging studies using voxel-based morphometry found evidence for structural brain changes such as increased gray matter volume in the inferior frontal gyrus in instrumental musicians compared with non-musicians
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Social and communication impairments represent some of the key diagnostic characteristics of autism
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