Intact neural representations of affective meaning of touch but lack of embodied resonance in autism: a multi-voxel pattern analysis study

Abstract Background Humans can easily grasp the affective meaning of touch when observing social interactions. Several neural systems support this ability, including the theory of mind (ToM) network and the somatosensory system linked to embodied resonance, but it is unclear how these systems are af...

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Main Authors: Haemy Lee Masson, Ineke Pillet, Steffie Amelynck, Stien Van De Plas, Michelle Hendriks, Hans Op de Beeck, Bart Boets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Molecular Autism
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-019-0294-0