Mirror Neurons Seen Behaving Normally in Autism

Articles published May 12 in New Scientist and Science Now and May 13 in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette about a new autism study cited research by Marco Iacoboni, UCLA professor-in-residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, exploring the connection between autism and mirror neurons, cells in the human brain believed to underlie the ability to discern others' thoughts and empathize with them.